Farewell, Suranjit
Awami League leader and parliamentarian Suranjit Sengupta's body was cremated at Anwarpur village of Dirai upazila in Sunamganj yesterday evening.
ASM Firoz, chief whip of the parliament, and Mohammad Sahabuddin, whip of the parliament, accompanied the body of the lawmaker of Sunamganj-2 constituency, also a member of AL's advisory council.
Earlier in the day, Suranjit's body was taken from Sylhet Osmani International Airport to Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar. People from different walks of life poured in on the premises to pay tribute to the veteran leader.
“He was a learned man, he loved everyone,” said Arab Ali, an elderly day labourer from a remote village of Sunamganj, who came to say adieu to the AL leader.
After paying tribute, the body was taken to the airport again. The helicopter carrying the body made stopovers in Sunamganj town and Shalla upazila of the district so people could pay homage to their beloved leader one last time.
Suranjit's body reached his home village around 4:00pm. After the primary religious rituals, the body was taken to Balir Math, a field near his house, where thousands of people thronged to say goodbye to their lawmaker who was also chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on law, justice and parliamentary affairs.
Later at around 6:20pm, his body was carried to the crematorium and as per his last wish, his body was burnt with logs of the sandalwood he had planted himself years ago.
During the funeral, a number of ministers, lawmakers and leaders of the Awami League were present.
The veteran AL leader and lawmaker died at the age of 72 at Labaid Hospital in the capital early Sunday morning after a prolonged illness.
Born on May 5, 1945 at Anwarpur in Dirai, Suranjit was one of the youngest members of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly in 1970 from National Awami Party (NAP).
He was elected as an MP in almost all parliaments in the four decades since Bangladesh's independence -- in 1979, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2009 and 2014.
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