POBNEWS24, Dhaka Oct 16, 2024 : Information and broadcasting adviser Nahid Islam said that the interim government does not consider Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the father of the nation.
He said this in response to a question while talking to reporters at the secretariat on Wednesday.
In response to a question whether the present government considers Bangabandhu the father of the nation or not, he said, of course not. Awami League was in power as a fascist party. They were in power by disenfranchising people and by murdering them and killing them. So who called him the father of the nation, they declared any day as national day, it will not continue in new Bangladesh. We want to restructure Bangladesh. As a result we have to bring a new perspective to history.
He said that the government without votes has no legitimacy.
A lot has been done in that time. All will be restructured and reassessed.
So we will not have a father of the nation? To the question, he said, many people have contributed in the history of fighting in this land. But our history did not start only in 52, we have anti-British struggle, 47 and 71 struggle, 90 and 24. We have many founding fathers. We got freedom as a result of their struggle.
The information adviser said that the national days which are being canceled were imposed by the Awami League.
That was fascist behavior. The government thinks they are unimportant, so they are being scrapped. He also said that a new day may come based on the mass uprising.
