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Cox’s Bazar: A sand sculpture of Bangabandhu has been unveiled on the longest Cox’s Bazar beach in the world. Branding Cox’s Bazar has built two sculptures of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Kushtia with the help of the district administration to protest the vandalism and insult of the sculptures and to mark the centenary of the birth of the Father of the Nation.
Guests unveiled the sculpture on Wednesday (December 16) at noon. At that time, Deputy Saimum Sarwar Kamal, Deputy Commissioner. Kamal Hossain, Awami League Acting President, Attorney Faridul Islam Chowdhury, General Secretary Mujibur Rahman, Branding Cox’s Bazar Coordinator Ishtiaq Ahmed Joy, and others were present.
Ten students from the Dhaka University College of Fine Arts are working on the construction of a sculpture of Bangabandhu at Laboni Point on the beach.
Kamrul Hasan Shipon, head of the sculpture construction team, told banglanews that Bangabandhu is and will remain in our hearts. The sculpture has been erected in protest of the Kushtia incident and the audacity to remove the sculpture so that no one can see it.
He further said: “We want to deliver a message to the fundamentalist clique on the sand of the longest Cox’s Bazar beach in the world. If anyone shows such boldness in the future, they will be thrown into the Bay of Bengal.”
Branding Cox’s Bazar coordinator Ishtiaq Ahmed Joy said: “I want to convey a message to fans and extremists that they should not show the audacity to tear down or remove the Bangabandhu sculpture.” This is our initiative to protest the insult to Bangabandhu.
Priyatosh Pal Pintu, a veteran journalist from the district, told banglanews that this is certainly a good initiative and an elegant protest. In this way, the best son of the Bangabandhu nation must be kept alive among us for centuries.
Deputy Commissioner at the time. Kamal Hossain said: “We have taken the initiative to build a Bangabandhu sculpture on the beach at Cox’s Bazar in protest of the vandalism of the Bangabandhu sculpture.” Through this event, we want the world to know that Bangabandhu is in our hearts and will continue to be so in the future. This is our exceptional initiative in protest of the insult to Bangabandhu.
MP Saimum Sarwar Kamal said there are sculptures in many Muslim-majority countries around the world, but there is no excess. Some extremist communal groups in Bangladesh are exaggerating it.
“We are not worshiping the sculpture, we are paying homage to it,” he said. Our respect will remain intact forever.
Bangladesh time: 1549 hours, December 18, 2020
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