Staff Reporter:

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee Member and former minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku said that, anti-Liberation evil forces want to undermine the 1971 Liberation War. But, there is no way to deny 1971 and freedom fighters contribution. Anti-Liberation evil forces still active in the country.

“Our greatest chapter in national history is the Liberation War of 1971, through which an independent and sovereign Bangladesh was born,” Tuku said while addressing a workshop on BNP’s 31-point reform agenda at the auditorium of Islamia Government College in Sirajganj on Thursday.

Those who remained the evil forces in 1971 want to undermine this Great ‘1971 Liberation War’ chapter and its struggle, he added.

He said, “We know that, education is the backbone of the nation. No nation can prosper without education in this competitive world. Bangladesh is a developing country. So, everyone must work together to respect teachers, improve the quality of education and develop students as well-educated citizens.”

He also said, today’s students are the leaders of future. So, students should learn how to lead a country with honesty and transparently.

He warned that using religion for personal or group interests creates division in society and undermines peace and discipline.

Praising the role of teachers, Tuku said they impart knowledge, skills and values to students in building an ideal and disciplined nation.

He also pledged that if BNP is elected in the upcoming national polls, the education sector will be attached top priority under the party’s 31-point state reform agenda.

Islamia Government College Principal Professor Md Sharif-us-Sayeed, Vice-Principal Professor Md. Mostafizur Rahman and District BNP General Secretary Md. Saidur Rahman Bacchu also spoke at the event.

DU Chhatra Dal representative Khaled Erfan Chowdhury and Northern Region Student Forum Organizing Secretary Shibbir Ahmed discussed the education-related points of the 31-point state reform agenda.

Earlier in the morning, Tuku addressed another seminar at the Government Rashidazzoha Women’s College which was attended by its Principal Professor Sultana Salma Hossain.