Int'l probe in all political killings demanded

Participants at the launching ceremony of a book titled ¿Hridoye Ivy Rahman' at the National Press Club in the city yesterday. Sitting from left are Asma Kibria, Zillur Rahman, Prof A A M S Arefin Siddique and Prof A K Azad Chowdhury. PHOTO: STAR

They said the government is deceiving the countrymen in the name of investigation and justice.

The function was organised to launch a book titled ‘Hridoye Ivy Rahman' at the National Press Club in the city.

The book focuses on the life and works of Ivy Rahman, former president of Mahila Awami League who died on August 23 after being injured in the grenade attack on AL rally on August 21 last year.

"As the alliance government is patronising the defeated forces of the liberation war, we cannot expect justice from this regime," said the speakers.

They said the party which promotes the spirit of the liberation war, and believes in the rule of law should be voted to power.

AL acting president Zillur Rahman said the motto of Ivy's politics was love for people.

She always wanted betterment of the common masses.

Prof A K Azad Chowdhury, former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, said ignoring all repressive measures of the ruling regimes, Ivy spent 45 years of her career struggling hard to bring positive changes in the country's politics.

He said as the government has failed to stop terrorism, the people will have to shoulder the responsibility of resisting them.

Asma Kibria, wife of slain former finance minister, said, "We all are to work unitedly to build Sonar Bangla for which leaders like Ivy Rahman and Shah A A M S Kibria fought until death."

Editor of the Bangladesh Observer Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury said the grief of losing the leaders should be turned into a strength to beef up movement against anti-liberation forces.

Prof A A M S Arefin Siddique, who chaired the programme, urged the party workers to fight for the ideology she upheld throughout her life.