Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan on Thursday told Parliament that 13,324 July warriors are now receiving monthly honorarium, and the process of bringing the remaining July fighters under the allowance program is underway.
“Out of the total 14,369 people gazetted as July Warriors, 13,344 are being given a monthly allowance (Tk20,000 per person for A-class, Tk15,000 per person for B-class, Tk10,000 per person for C-class) through their own bank accounts. The process of giving the allowance to the remaining July Warriors is underway,” he said.
The minister said this while replying to a scripted question from opposition lawmaker Rokeya Begum (Women Seat-45) in the House.
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad tabled the question-and-answer session immediately after the day’s business started in the afternoon.
Azam Khan focused on the government’s long-term plans for medical rehabilitation, employment and monthly honorarium for the fighters injured in the July uprising.
He said a database of 3,241 interested persons has been created for the welfare and rehabilitation of the families of July martyrs and July fighters. Out of this, a list of 1,937 persons has been sent to the Ministry of Youth and Sports for training and rehabilitation.
478 persons already dropped from the list of freedom fighters:
In reply to a starred question from treasury bench member Mostafizur Rahman Babul (Jamalpur-3), the Liberation War Affairs Minister said 478 names have already been removed from the list of freedom fighters.
Noting that the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council was reconstituted and four sub-committees comprised of members of the Council are now scrutinising genuine freedom fighters, war-wounded freedom fighters and martyred freedom fighters.
“Already, the gazette/red notice/Indian list of 478 people has been cancelled. More cancellations are in process,” he said.
Besides, Azam Khan said the applications from freedom fighters who could not be listed yet are being scrutinized.
6,787 martyred FFs in the Bangladesh gazette:
Responding to another starred question from ruling party lawmaker Ruhul Amin Dulal (Pirojpur-3), the Liberation War Affairs Minister said the names of 6,787 martyred freedom fighters were included in the Bangladesh gazette.
“The names of 6,787 people, who had participated in the 1971 Liberation War and were martyred, have been included in the Bangladesh Gazette,” he said.
He said the government is positive about the preparation of a list of victims of genocide during the Liberation War, and the program will be taken in phases.
In reply to a starred question from BNP lawmaker Faridul Kabir Talukder (Jamalpur-4), the minister said the current government has increased the monthly honorarium by Tk5000 for a gallantry title-winning freedom fighter in the upcoming 2026-2027 fiscal year.
The monthly honorarium would be Tk40,000 for the families of Bir Shrestho recipient, Tk30,000 for Bir Uttam recipient, Tk25,000 for Bir Bikram recipients, and Tk25,000 Bir Pratik recipient.
