'Decorate FFs with state honour during their lifetime'
President of Muktijoddher Chetona Bastabayan Committee (MCBC) Principal Abdul Ahad Chowdhury yesterday called upon the government to decorate the freedom fighters (FFs) with state honour during their lifetime.
"Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is also the chief patron and chief adviser of the Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad during her previous tenure took the decision to give state honour when a freedom fighter dies," Chowdhury recalled adding that "Inshallah
this time she would confer state honour to the valiant freedom fighters during their lifetime."
Principal Chowdhury, who was the former Chairman of the Central Command Council of the Muktijoddha Sangsad, was speaking as the chief guest at a freedom fighters' rally held at the Ustad Alauddin Khan Town Hall demanding speedy trial of the perpetrators to human rights during the war of liberation in 1971.
Presided over by MCBC central leader Khan Mohammad Belayet, the function was also addressed, among others, by noted freedom fighters Principal Mizanur Rahman, Advocate Tafsirul Islam, Wasel Siddiqui, Advocate Abdur Rashid and Abu Huraira.
Referring to various demands raised by local freedom fighters, Abdul Ahad Chowdhury hoped that the government of Sheikh Hasina would implement the 30 percent reserved quota for the offspring of the freedom fighters.
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