Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan on Tuesday told Parliament the government is working relentlessly to identify and correct the anomalies committed in the list of freedom fighters (FFs) and their allowance disbursements during the regime of the "fascist" government.
"We're working on it. I would like to assure the lawmaker that we'll present it (these anomalies and an authentic list) before the nation through completing our work soon," he said while replying to a supplementary question from treasury bench lawmaker Zainul Abdin Farroque (Noakhali-2) in the House.
Earlier, the day's sitting began at 3:30pm with Speaker Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, in the chair.
The Liberation War Affairs minister said his ministry received many allegations in this regard, and it [the Ministry] is working on this issue.
Azam said many freedom fighters were deprived of allowances during the fascist government.
"Their freedom fighter certificates were suspended, and many genuine freedom fighters were harassed in many ways. And many fake freedom fighters were incorporated in the list and given allowances and other illegal facilities," he added.
