They are not ashamed to call themselves Razakars: Prime Minister
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Update: 15 July 2024,
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave a speech at an event in her office. Dhaka, July 15
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the government job quota reform activists ‘Who are you? who am i Razakar termed the chanting of ‘Razakar’ as very sad. He said, “They don’t even feel ashamed to call themselves Razakars.”
The Prime Minister said this while addressing the chief guest at the ‘Annual Performance Agreement (APA) signing’, ‘Annual Performance Agreement’ and ‘Purity Award’ ceremony of the ministries/departments organized at his office on Monday morning.
Students agitating for the quota reform took out a procession at Dhaka University, Chittagong University, Jahangirnagar University last Sunday night. There they chanted slogans like ‘You are who, I am / Razakar, Razakar’, ‘I wanted rights, I became Razakar’, ‘Kota na Medha, Medha Medha’ etc.
Today, the Prime Minister said in his speech, “They do not know how the Pakistani invasion forces and the Razaka forces have carried out atrocities in the country.” They have not seen these tortures, bodies lying on the streets. Therefore, they did not feel ashamed to call themselves Razakars.
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, ‘The spirit of the liberation war is our only goal. Millions of martyrs have given their blood, millions of mothers and sisters are victims, their contribution should not be forgotten. It should be remembered. The way Pakistani invaders and Razakar forces have tortured this country, I feel very sad yesterday when I heard the students of Rokeya Hall also say that they are Razakar. He said, “Do they know what happened there on March 25, 1971?” 300 girls were killed there by the Pakistani invasion forces and their local allies. 40 girls were captured and held in Pakistani camps and raped in turn. What condition were they there? Many girls hanged themselves with sarees or veils. They were not allowed to wear clothes. A petticoat was worn and kept sitting. They brutally tortured them day after day.
The head of government said that when they were rescued, an Indian Sikh soldier of the Allies took off his turban and put it on a girl and brought her to the rescue. This is just one incident, there are many such incidents.
Sheikh Hasina highlighted the contribution of women in the liberation war and said, ‘Our girls did not sit. But they also worked. In Pirojpur, a girl worked as a cook for the invading Pakistani forces and used to swim across the river at night to reach the freedom fighters’ camp at Chitalmari and convey the news to the invaders. After being caught, his legs were tied to two cars and dragged and dismembered.
They are not ashamed to call themselves Razakars
They have not seen these tortures, bodies lying on the streets. So they are not ashamed to call themselves Razakars.’ He said, ‘Yes, we have had a guerilla war. Here someone was on the Peace Committee, but did not harm people. But the forces they (Pakistani invaders) created, armed and used to harm people, torture, loot and massacre. We have taken action against them, tried them and hanged many of them. Through this, those who were oppressed by them, got justice.’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, ‘The liberation war is our pride, the people of this country left their homes, families and went to the battlefield at the call of the father of the nation, gave up the illusion of life and fought and brought victory. And those who were in that army (Razakar-Al Badr-Al Shams) have oppressed the people of this country. We must not forget that.” Only then will this country move forward and the reality is that those who were in power after ’75, for 21 years and then for almost 9 more years, could not give anything to the country. But when we who believe in the spirit of the liberation war and we the victims came to power, Bangladesh has changed today in just 15 years. Bangladesh holds a seat of dignity in the world. There must be that tenderness.’
In the ceremony, the senior secretaries and secretaries of various ministries handed over the APA to the Prime Minister one by one. The Prime Minister awarded 10 Ministries and Departments in recognition of their achievements in the implementation of APA in the financial year 2022-23. In overall evaluation, the power sector got the top position.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Labor and Employment received the Purity Award 2023-24 introduced at the individual level for the government officials to encourage the practice of purity of government officials and employees. Mahbub Hossain.
A documentary on government performance management was screened on the occasion. Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain presided over the event. Cabinet Secretary. Mahbub Hossain delivered the welcome speech.
With a strong warning against corruption, the Prime Minister said, “We want you to take appropriate action against any irregularity.” He said, “We have declared a policy of “zero tolerance” against corruption. And to catch this corruption, the responsibility is imposed on our government. I don’t believe it. Corruption is done by very few people, but its infamy is very much.’
The Prime Minister also directed the concerned persons to be vigilant so that no one can increase the price of food by conspiring to prevent the increase in commodity prices. He also asked to take steps to ensure transparency and accountability in financial institutions in every case
