Fazilatunnesa helped Bangabandhu take political decisions
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Mujib sacrificed everything to encourage Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for the country's independence.
The premier was speaking at a function organised by the women and child affairs ministry in the capital marking the 85th birth anniversary of Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib, the wife of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was killed along with most of her family members, including Bangabandhu, on August 15, 1975.
Hasina said although her mother was not directly involved with politics, she helped Bangabandhu take important political decisions staying behind the scene.
Bangabandhu's aim was to bring the economic emancipation of the people while Bangamata helped achieve that goal, Hasina said.
Despite being the wife of a prime minister, Hasina said, her mother led a very simple life and stood beside the suppressed women after the country's Liberation War and arranged their marriages.
Hasina said when Bangabandhu was captive in jail in the Agartala conspiracy case, there was a huge pressure on him from different corners to come out from jail on parole, and her mother was told that she would become widow and her children would be orphans if she did not comply with the conditions of Pakistan.
“But she didn't bow down to any threat; rather she encouraged Bangabandhu and he rejected the parole offer and finally the Pakistan government was forced to free Bangabandhu without any preconditions.” Due to her inspiration, the prime minister mentioned, Bangabandhu wrote his unfinished memoir.
Due to her inspiration, the prime minister mentioned, Bangabandhu wrote his unfinished memoirs, which he mentioned at the beginning of the autobiography.
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