Proclamation of Independence- 'BNP-Jamaat govt violates constitution'

Speakers at a discussion said those who don't recognise Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the proclaimer of independence and the proclamation by the Mujibnagar government should be considered as 'seditionists'.
The Proclamation of Independence made by the Mujibnagar government on April 10 in 1971 is now part of the constitution, they said, adding that those who disregard it is virtually ignoring the constitution and that they should be charged with sedition.
The Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee (Forum for Secular Bangladesh) organised the discussion at the BILIA auditorium in the city to mark the 35 anniversary of the proclamation.
Acting President of the committee Shahriar Kabir said the BNP-Jamaat alliance government have been violating the constitution, although they vowed to uphold it while taking office.
They are violating many rights of the people enshrined in the constitution, he said, adding that flouting the articles related to independence and sovereignty of the country is tantamount to 'sedition'.
President of the advisory committee of the organisation Prof Kabir Chowdhury presided over the discussion. President of Supreme Court Bar Association Barrister M Amir-Ul Islam, Director of BILIA Waliur Rahman, Barrister Sara Hossain and Prof Muntasir Mamoon also spoke.
Recalling the memories of Mujibnagar government, Barrister Amir-Ul Islam, also the author of the Proclamation of Independence, underscored the need for projecting the complete history and the role of national leaders in the War of Liberation to the young generation.
The speakers also said the day of proclamation was never celebrated in a befitting manner. Rather, a vested quarter has always tried to distort the history and even changed the constitution for political gains, they added.
Tanjim Ahmed Sohel MP, son of prime minister of the Mujibnagar government Tajuddin Ahmed, Joint General Secretary of Awami League Syed Ashraful Islam, son of Syed Nazrul Islam, then acting president, and former home minister Mohammad Nasim, son of Captain (Retd.) M Mansur Ali, also spoke.