Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said to keep the Liberation War and democracy alive in Bangladesh, the “evil forces called BNP” have to be resisted.
He said this after paying homage to Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib on her 9rd birth anniversary at Dhala’s Banani graveyard in the morning.
Obaidul Quader said that the politics of murder and conspiracy started in this country in 1975, with the assassination of Bangabandhu on August 15, and the grenade attack on August 21, 2004, in which Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was the main target.
“Twenty-three lives were lost, including Ivy Rahman. BNP is the party behind all this past. This group is the mastermind of the murders and conspiracies in Bangladesh,” he added.
Regarding Bangamata, Obaidul Quader said: “Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib is one of the most remarkable women in our history. Today is her 93rd birthday. She was a very close friend of Bangabandhu. She inspired and strengthened Bangabandhu during the crisis and motivated him to move forward.”
The 93rd birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is being observed on Tuesday in a befitting manner across Bangladesh.
Bangamata, also known by her nickname Renu, was born on August 8 in 1930 in Tungipara village in Gopalganj. She was a paternal cousin of her husband Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Renu was only an 8-year-old when she was married to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who himself was just 18, in 1938.
Under the leadership of Begum Mujib, the work of rehabilitating the repressed women began at Bangabandhu’s Dhanmondi 32 residence for the first time, he mentioned.
She gathered some distinguished women of society and held meetings at Dhanmondi 32 residence to decide how to cooperate with the government and extend support to Bangabandhu in rehabilitating the group of women.
