2024-03-07 10:20:01
Foreign Minister and Awami League joint general secretary. Hashan Mahmud said, those who deny March 7 today, doubt the extent to which they actually believe in the independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh.
He said that their allies including BNP do not observe March 7. History of Bangladesh, Independence cannot be without March 7. So those who do not believe or observe it, doubt whether they really believe in freedom or not.
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The minister said these things during an exchange of views with journalists after Awami League paid tribute to the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at 32 Dhanmondi in the capital on Thursday (March 7) morning.
The foreign minister said that the March 7 speech was not just a speech. It is an epic poem written with the aim of liberating a nation. The Father of the Nation declared – ‘This time’s struggle is the struggle for liberation, this time’s struggle is the struggle for freedom’. He also said, ‘Be ready with whatever you have, the enemy must be faced’. That is, he called upon the unarmed nation to transform into an armed nation and took time till March 26. He then declared final independence.
Joint general secretary of Awami League said that he actually called for independence on March 7 and announced. On that day, the Pakistani intelligence agency sent a report to Rawalpindi from Dhaka – ‘The clever Sheikh Mujib has practically declared the independence of East Pakistan. But we had nothing to do but watch.’ That is, Bangabandhu called for independence in such a way that there was no chance to accuse him.
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