Speakers at a discussion yesterday called for united efforts by the pro-liberation forces to combat communalism and militancy in the country. Civil society members, freedom fighters, professionals and senior journalists took part in the discussion at the National Press Club in the capital, reports BSS.
"We shouldn't be complacent with the nationwide successful drives by the lawmen to curb militancy. All pro-liberation forces must forge unity to fight militancy and communalism," noted journalist Abed Khan, convener of a platform against communalism and militancy, told the meeting. In his presidential speech, Abed Khan apprehended that the country's independence and sovereignty would be at stake, if the anti-liberation forces return to the state power by any means.
Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad Chairman Major General (Retd) Helal Morshed Khan, National Press Club President M Shafiqur Rahman, Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad General Secretary Rana Das Gupta, noted cultural personality Pijush Bandyapadhyay, daily Bhorer Kagoj Editor and National Press Club Executive Committee Member Shyamol Datta and Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) leader Syed Ishtiak Reza took part in the discussion, among others.
Muktijoddha Sangsad Chairman Helal Morshed called upon the pro-liberation forces to work together to avert defeats like the one in Comilla City Corporation election.
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