Be careful of ‘traitors and killers’: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to be aware of traitors and killers so that they could not play with the fate of Bangladesh anymore.
“We have seen that traitors like Mir Jafar and Khandaker Mushtaque Ahmed were born on Bangladesh’s soil time and again or killers like Zia came [to power] again and again. So, it is the people of Bangladesh and our young generation who will have to take responsibility to make sure that none can play ducks and drakes with the fate of Bangladesh anymore,” she said.
The PM was addressing a discussion, organised by the Awami League at the city’s Krishibid Institution Bangladesh, marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day.
Hasina, also the AL president, said Ziaur Rahman had been involved in killings and conspiracy as he killed many army officers, including freedom fighters, following a series of coup attempts.
Zia had tried to erase the name of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from history, she added.
Mentioning that the 1974 famine was a man-made disaster, the premier said then food secretary Abdul Momen, who was later inducted into the cabinet of Ziaur Rahman, had played the biggest behind-the-scene role in the famine.
“Mushtaque had promoted Ziaur Rahman as the army chief as Zia was his most trusted person. Why would Mushtaque have made Zia the army chief if he was involved in the August 15 killing or its conspiracy?” she questioned.
Talking about the martyred intellectuals, Hasina said the anti-liberation forces tried to erase the names of intellectuals who made the supreme sacrifice for the country. “But they failed to do so as the sacrifice can never go in vain. It has been proved in Bangladesh.”
She criticised HM Ershad and Khaleda Zia for “rehabilitating anti-liberation forces”, including killers of the Father of the Nation, during their tenures in power.
AL advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu, General Secretary Obaidul Quader, presidium members Matia Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, and Abdul Matin Khasru also spoke at the discussion, among others.
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