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Menon for publicizing history of 1969 mass upsurge
DHAKA, Jan 25, 2019 (BSS) – Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon today regretted that the history of the 1969 Mass Upsurge is not being publicized as a large-scale campaign attaching much importance to this historical milestone.
Speaking at a discussion entitled ‘From Shahid Asad to Mass Upsurge’ at Jatiya Press Club here, the former minister the self-sacrifice of Shahid Asad and the history of the Mass Upsurge have not yet included in the text books.
Menon said the history, created by the sacrifice of Asad‘s life, brought together workers, peasants, intellectuals and all others under the same row.
And Bangladesh emerged as an independent country as a sequel to the events of history, he added.
The blood stained shirt of Shahid Asad emerged as a symbol of the Mass Upsurge in 1969, said Workers Party chief.
Writer-researcher and columnist Syed Abul Maksud, cultural activist Mamunur Rashid, party politburo member Comrade Anisur Rahman Mallik, Workers Party President of Dhaka city unit Comrade Abul Hossain spoke on the occasion while Politburo member Comrade Kamrul Ahsan moderated the function.
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