Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh Awami League had produced many dedicated leaders and none were able to harm the party due to their (leaders’) sacrifice, reports BSS. "Bangladesh Awami League has given birth to many devoted and committed leaders.. . that's why attacks were made time and again on the country's oldest political party. But none were able to cause any harm to the organization as the leaders believed in its ideology and principles and did not try to amass money and wealth," she said.
In this connection, Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League President, said the names of these party leaders would remain written in "golden letters" for their invaluable contribution to Bangladesh's independence, establishing rights to vote and food as well as the movement for protecting democracy and anti-autocracy movement.
The Premier said this while addressing a memorial meeting as the chief guest in the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh(IEB) auditorium in the capital yesterday afternoon.
Dhaka City Awami League arranged the meeting in memory of its acting President MA Aziz and former publicity and publication secretary of Bangladesh Awami League Nurul Islam.
AL Advisory Council Member and Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu and AL Advisory Council Member and Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, Presidium Member and Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury, AL Joint Secretaries Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif and Jahangir Kabir Nanak, city AL General Secretary and Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, city AL Joint Secretary and Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, city AL Joint Secretary Hazi Mohammad Selim, MP, Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh,MP, AKM Rahmatullah,MP, and late MA Aziz's son Dhaka South City Corporation Councillor Omar Bin Aziz and senior leaders of Dhaka City AL spoke at the meeting.
Dhaka City AL Vice-President Kamal Ahmed Mazumdar, MP, chaired the meeting, while Dhaka City AL Publicity and Publication Secretary Abdul Haque Sabuj conducted it. Earlier, a minute's silence was observed as a mark of respect to the memory of the two veteran AL leaders.
Paying rich tributes to the dedicated leaders of the party for their sacrifice for the country, people and party, the Awami League president asked the leaders and workers of Dhaka city unit AL to further strengthen the organization by taking lessons from the devoted party leaders.
"I would like to tell the leaders and workers of Dhaka city AL to take lessons from them on how they make sacrifice for the country, people and party. If all take lessons from them to take ahead the party further, then the souls of those dedicated leaders would remain in peace," she said.
Highlighting the role of the veteran leaders of the party in strengthening the Awami League, Sheikh Hasina noted that they had given love and affection to her after her return from exile in 1981.