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‘I found my lost mother in PM’s face’: DUCSU VP
DHAKA, March 16, 2019 (BSS) – Newly-elected Dhaka University Central Students
Union (DUCSU) Vice-President Nurul Haque Nur today said he found his mother,
whom he lost at the age of two and an half years old, in face of Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“Seeing her today, I kept looking at her for long. I lost my mother when I was
two and an half years old. I have a brother who was only one year old. At
first I found my mother in the face of one of my primary teachers. After
seeing her (Sheikh Hasina) today, I found my lost mother in her face,” he
said.
Nur made the comments when the DUCSU and hall union leaders called on the
prime minister at Ganabhaban.
Nur, who was deputy secretary of human resources affairs at Haji Mohammed
Mohsin Hall unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, said: “I was not only a worker
of Bangladesh Chhatra League but also a minor leader. I joined different
programmes of BCL.”
“I saw the leader (Sheikh Hasina) when she went to Dhaka Medical College
Hospital Burn Unit during the period of BNP’s “movement”. We kept standing at
streets, I saw her from there she was going along the roads by her car. But I
could not see her clearly through the black glass. I saw her in television
too,” he added.
“In television, we saw her special characteristics that she was taking a baby
in her arms and behaving with simplicity like a simple woman. We have listened
about her achievements, struggle and movements,” he said.
The Ducsu VP said the greatness and achievements of Bangabandhu are known not
only to us but also to the people of the entire world. “Though a person cannot
possess all qualities, our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is bearing all
qualities of her father,” he added.
The Ducsu VP highly praised Bangladesh’s tremendous development under the
leadership of Sheikh Hasina and the Prime Minister has been spearheading
development activities to take ahead the country.
“Under her leadership, Bangladesh has become a role model of development in
the world. Because of her leadership, she has taken her place among great
leaders in the world … she is our loving leader,” Nur said.
He also thanked the premier for inviting the DUCSU and hall union elected
leaders to the Ganabhaban.
“She has set an example as the DUCSU election was held after 28 years during
her government’s term. She has taken a risk as after post 1990 government did
not want to take such a risk,” Nur said.
He said: “Prime Minister logically and sincerely thought that holding of
Ducsu election is a right of students and it should be held (at regular
interval).”
“The election would not have been held, had she not extended her support to
this end. We cannot deny this by any means.”
“Being a student of Dhaka University, I would like to say that the university
students never accept any injustice and always remained in favor of justice.
Every student of DU will stay with every blissful activity,” he said.
Nur said: “We the elected leaders of DUCSU will extend our cooperation to take
ahead the ongoing development activities.”
Terming accommodation crisis as one of the major problems of DU, the Ducsu VP
urged the premier to give her kind attention in this regard.
“Probably a project of academic buildings and halls of Dhaka University will
be placed in the ECNEC meeting in this month. We expect you to consider it,”
he said.
Nur said “We came to know that when any project is placed before ECNEC you
used to say “pass, pass, pass.”
“I have some complaints to place before you as I got you. I don’t know when I
would get you again,” he said.
The DUCSU VP said “You are apprised of that an unexpected situation was
created centering the Quota reforms movement. I think the lacking of those,
who were given charge on the issue, led the matter to an unexpected
situation”.
“Because, we know you understand the pulse of youths. You have held seminars
like “Lets Talks” with youths. So, I think, proper message on the issue was
not conveyed to you,” he added.
“When I was a student of Class VI in 2006, I was an office secretary of
Chhatra League in my school committee. After got admitted to Dhaka University
in 2013-14 session, I was deputy human resources affairs secretary of Haji
Mohammed Mohsin Hall unit of BCL,” he said.
Nur said but during the period of Quota reforms movement, there was propaganda
against him to level him as an activist of Jamaat-Shibir.
“The prime minister has all information of my entire family. She would have
noticed that each member of my family has AL background. I think because of
the failure of the then BCL, the unexpected thing took place. I think you
would properly monitor such issues as there should not be any information
gap,” he said.
After the speech, the Duscu VP gave salam to the prime minister by touching
her legs and sat beside her on the dais.
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