Govt trying to ‘wipe out’ Liberation War spirit: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged that the government is trying to ‘wiping out’ the spirit of the Liberation War.

"This year marks the 50th anniversary of our independence. But unfortunately, we haven’t yet achieved the goal of a democratic state for which the Liberation War began in 1971,” he said.

Mirza Fakhrul alleged that the current regime continues to oppress the country’s people in various ways. “They’ve killed and made many people disappeared and maimed many others.”

He made the remarks while talking to reporters after paying homage to martyred intellectuals by placing a wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur in the city, marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day.

Fakhrul said Pakistani occupation forces killed many intellectuals, including physicians, teachers, journalists and engineers, on this day. “They also killed lakhs of people during the nine-month-long war. They killed our intellectuals to make the nation devoid of talents.”

The BNP leader said they believe that people will wake up again imbued with the spirit of the Liberation War to establish a parliament and government with their mandate by ousting the current ‘illegitimate’ and ‘undemocratic’ one.

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