Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been fulfilling Bangabandhu's dreams one by one to make the country poverty and hunger-free Sonar Bangla, reports BSS.
"Bangabandhu's daughter Janonetri Sheikh Hasina has turned around Bangladesh. She is implementing Bangabandhu's dreams one by one," he said while addressing a discussion meeting at Ramna Police Convention Hall as the chief guest.
Bangladesh Police Service Association organised the discussion marking the 46th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Mourning Day with its president Additional Inspector General of Police and Chief of Special Branch Md Monirul Islam in the chair.
Chief coordinator of the National Implementation Committee on the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and former principal secretary to the Prime Minister's Office Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury addressed the meeting as the main discussant while senior secretary of public security division Mustafa Kamal Uddin and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Benazir Ahmed as the special guests.
At the beginning of the meeting, one-minute silence was observed in honour of those who were martyred on 15 August, 1975 including Father of the Nation Bangabandhu, Bangamata and most of his family members.
Kamal, also a veteran freedom fighter said, "When we think of Bangabandhu, we are talking about the greatest Bangali. He lived only 55 years. During his life, Bangabandhu was imprisoned for 3,053 days. He campaigned for ensuring human rights. For most of his 55 years, he fought for human rights. Bangabandhu went to jail to protect the rights of Dhaka University employees."
The home minister said Bangabandhu was arrested under Pakistan Defence Rule as soon as finishing his meeting on six-point movement across the country.
"When we say Bangabandhu led the language movement, vested quarter defied it. Today's records that we have in our prisons and in SB (Special Branch) clearly proved that Bangabandhu gave instructions and wrote letters from jail, how to take the language movement forward," he added.
After the language movement in 1952, Kamal said, Bangabandhu took the mandate of independence from people step by step through the movements of 1954, 1966 and 1969.
"The Father of Nation got the opportunity to run the country for only three and a half years after independence. With his talent and honesty, he turned the country around in just three and a half years."
The minister further said Bangabandhu wanted to build a people's police. "We have been able to turn the country into an abode of peace because police are doing everything to curb militancy and terrorism."
In his speech, the IGP said August 15 must be a day of extreme shame and pain for every independent and self-respecting Bangali.
Bangabandhu had immense respect and love for hard-working people of this country and for the people who smelled mud and soil, he added.
Quoting Bangabandhu, "This time the struggle is for freedom," he said Bangabandhu also spoke about the 'struggle for liberation'. He promised the liberation of the Bangali nation. On that day Bangabandhu represented the entire Bangali nation standing on the stage.
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