Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib was not only the wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman but also his constant political associate, reports BSS.
"Bangamata played a vital role from behind the scene in Bangabandhu's political success . . . she was an associate of Bangabandhu in the Bangalees' struggle for freedom," he said.
Quader, also the minister for road transport and bridges, was speaking at a virtual press briefing after paying homage to Bangamata by placing a wreath at her grave at Banani graveyard here marking her 90th birth anniversary.
He said Bangabandhu led the Bangalees' long struggle for freedom and the Liberation War to free this soil from the subjugation of Pakistani oppressors and in that way he not only became the father of the nation and architect of independent Bangladesh but also a world-acclaimed politician and statesman.
Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib brought encouragement and strength from behind the scene for Bangabandhu in his every step and struggle, he added.
The minister said Bangamata had some similarities with the longest serving first lady of the United States of America (USA) Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin D Roosevelt who was elected president four times and served as president for the longest time in the history of that country.
He said both Fazilatunnesa Mujib and Eleanor Roosevelt, who was later dubbed as the "First Lady of the World by President Harry S Truman in tribute to her human rights achievements, lost their parents in their childhood, married their first cousin and both of them had extraordinary contributions to their husband's political life.
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