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Opposition to the installation of his sculpture on the centenary of the birth of the nation’s father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the vandalism of the sculpture in Kushtia is being the subject of protests across the country.
As soon as Monday morning dawned on the Day of the Intellectual Martyrs, freedom fighters, teachers, journalists, politicians, cultural activists and leaders and activists of various social organizations began to appear on the ground of the Rayerbazar massacre one by one. one with flower crowns. Many parents also went to the altar of the martyrs with their children who were going to school. After paying their respects, they remembered the intellectuals in songs, poems, and speeches.
On the occasion of the Martyrs’ Intellectuals Day, various organizations paid their respects with flowers at the Rayerbazar Massacre Memorial on Monday morning. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Avi
At the end of the liberation war in 1971, after facing certain defeat, Pakistani forces and their allies began to selectively kill Pakistani intellectuals in a conspiracy to suppress Bengali nationalism in the long run. Top killers from various professions, including writers, journalists, teachers, doctors, and cultural personalities, were the main targets of the killers. After the genocide, many bodies were dumped in the Rayerbazar slaughterhouse.
Early in the morning, the leaders, activists and artists of the Udichi cultural organization paid their respects to the intellectuals martyred on the ground of the massacre.
Monument to the Dhaka Rayerbazar massacre on the day of the intellectual martyrs. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Avi
Later, Sangeeta Imam, co-secretary general of the organization, told reporters: “The defeated power fundamentalists of 1971 have now laid their hands on my culture. Bangladesh is now moving in the opposite direction to the Sonar Bangla ideology: secularism, democracy and Bengali nationalism.
“It just came to our knowledge then. The fundamentalist group must be eradicated now. We will be strong remembering them in the day of martyred intellectuals. I will build a strong resistance against the fundamentalists.”
He called for the inclusion of biographies of intellectuals in textbooks to raise awareness among the new generation.
Coming to pay his respects, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said: “Even after 50 years of independence, communal forces of evil sometimes come to the fore. They try to attack our culture with various disguises. Those who gave the fatwa in 1971 that all freedom fighters are infidels are committing these misdeeds.
“The unity and solidarity of the pro-liberation forces are very necessary in the current context. Many educational institutions do not consciously sing the national anthem. We have to make sure that the national anthem is sung in educational institutions where the anthem is not sung. national. Because it is an insult to our freedom and sovereignty. This is not acceptable in any way. “
On the occasion of the Day of the intellectual martyrs, the Awami League paid tribute at the Rayerbazar Massacre Memorial on Monday morning. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Avi
Sajeda Chowdhury, member of the Awami League presidium, said: “The people’s leader, Sheikh Hasina, is working to realize the ideals and dreams of the martyrs. No ideal can be established in one day. It’s a matter of continuity. “
Member of Parliament Sadeq Khan said: “Intriguing neighborhoods continued to kill intellectuals during the country’s independence under the leadership of the father of the nation, but his accomplices continue to conspire again. We will resist the new Razakars. We are united under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Bangabandhu. “
BNP General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir paid tribute at the Mirpur Intellectual Martyrs Monument on Monday morning on the occasion of the Martyrs Intellectuals Day. Photo: Jayant Saha
At the end of the tribute on behalf of the Vice Chancellor. Akhtaruzzaman said: “This year I will celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Independence. At the same time, the centenary of the birth of the Father of the Bangabandhu Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman continues. Combining these two themes, this year’s Intellectual Day has a special meaning ”.
On the occasion of the Intellectual Martyrs Day, the Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University, Prof. Md., Paid tribute at the Rayerbazar Massacre Memorial on Monday morning. Akhtaruzzaman. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Avi
On the eve of the centenary of Bangabandhu’s birth and the Golden Jubilee of independence, Akhtaruzzaman, a professor in the Department of Islamic History and Culture at Dhaka University, described the display of communal power as a “momentary affair.”
He said: “The intellectuals were secular, full of human values. Most of the people in Bangladesh are not communal. That is why the place of the communal extremist group has never been in this country, nor will it be. These can come up for a while.
“Because the soil of Bengal, the sky of Bengal, the water of Bengal, the air of Bengal are all intertwined with human and non-community values. So was the conscience of the martyred intellectuals. On this day, our expectation is that it will develop a non-community conscience in this country ”.
For the past six years, Joybangla, a theater in the Chittagong region, has been performing a play called ‘Kadamakha Microbus’ at the site of the Rayerbazar massacre on the day of the martyred intellectuals.
Farida Yasmin Ankhi, a playwright of this group, said: “Not only the murder of intellectuals, the birth story of all Bangladesh should be presented more and more. Because the way our culture is being attacked from all sides now, it is bringing culture into a state of conflict with religion. The fundamentalists, the defeated forces of the liberation war, want to destroy the Shaheed Minar, the memorial pillars and the sculptures today. “
On the occasion of the Day of the intellectual martyrs, the heroic freedom fighters paid their respects at the Rayerbazar Massacre Memorial on Monday morning. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Avi
Mizan Sumon, a member of the Udichi Central Committee, said: Even after 50 years of the liberation war, we can see your arrogance. It’s like during the liberation war.
“If Bangladesh has to go back 50 years, what is our achievement in these 50 years? Bangladesh has not yet freed itself from the clutches of those murderers. In the current situation, it seems that a secondary force from Jamaat-e-Islami has appeared. before us on behalf of Hefazat-e-Islam. After 50 years of independence, they demand that Bangladesh be a completely radical state. The arrogance we see in the sculpture shows that they are fully affiliated with the Jamaat. “
Thousands of people gathered at the Rayerbazar Massacre Memorial Monday morning to pay their respects to the best children in the nation on the occasion of Intellectual Martyrs Day. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Avi
Freedom fighter Abdur Rob said the trial of those who opposed Bangladesh during the liberation war is still unfinished. They need to be judged.
“We want Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to end this unfinished trial.”
Abdur Rashid, an activist with the Center for Law and Arbitration-ASK, said: “Our hope is that this country is free from communalism. The consciousness of the liberation war will rise. Gender equality will continue in this country. We want to see that environment. ”
Some students and teachers from Qawmi Madrasa were also seen paying tribute to the martyred intellectuals. One such person from Kamarpur in Haripur upazila of Thakurgaon is Marufuzzaman, a teacher from Qaumi Madrasa.
He told bdnews24.com: “Intellectuals and freedom fighters gave their lives for this country during the 1971 war of independence. I am here today to remember their contribution.”
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