‘Revoking Zia’s Swadhinata Padak will be suicidal’
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today expressed grave disappointment at the government’s alleged move to revoke the Swadhinata Padak of his party’s founder Ziaur Rahman.
“We are anxious and frustrated over the move. It will be suicidal for the Awami League if the award is revoked,” Fakhrul said while addressing a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office this afternoon.
There will be no time to rectify when Awami League will understand its mistake, Fakhrul said.
In 2003 when BNP-Jamaat alliance was in power, a cabinet committee gave Swadhinata Padak (independence award) to Ziaur Rahman for his contribution during the Liberation War in 1971.
The Padak is being kept at the National Museum.
Two Bangla dailies-- Jugantor and Ittefaq—today published reports that the government is mulling to withdraw the Swadhinata Padak that has been given to Ziaur Rahman.
Referring to the reports, Fakhrul said, “We are sure of the government’s plans.”
Responding to a query about prime minister’s press conference on Rampal tomorrow, Fakhrul expressed hope that the prime minister would cancel the project near the world’s largest mangrove forest Sundarbans.
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