'Resist defeated forces of 1971'

Bikkhubdha Deshbasi, a forum of rights organisations, took out a national flag procession in the city yesterday, calling on all to resist the defeated forces of the liberation war who have emerged as Islamist militants. PHOTO: STAR

Speaking on the occasion, Advocate Sultana Kamal, executive director of ASK, said the common people will have to take the responsibility of protecting the dignity of the national flag and the ideals of liberation war by resisting the anti-liberation forces who are now threatening to undermine them.

"The liberation war took place to provide the country with a democratic set up where every body would enjoy equal rights irrespective of religion and race. But the defeated forces, who have no respect for the ideals of the liberation war, are now trying to destroy it," she said.

Bikkhubdha Deshbashi, a forum of Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), Nijera Kori, Sammilita Samajik Andolon, Law Review, Karmojibi Nari, and Bikkhubdha Nari Morcha, took out the procession from the Central Shaheed Minar with the slogan, 'Resist the defeated forces of the liberation war who emerged as the bomb attackers’.

A large number of people took part in the procession, calling on all to uphold the dignity of the national flag and national anthem.

On December 14, 2005, Bikkhubdha Deshbashi announced that it will hold such procession on every Friday until March 26 to create public opinion against fundamentalism, communalism and militancy.