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No freedom fighter will be on Razakars’ list:
PM
DHAKA, Dec 18, 2019 (BSS) – Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina today urged the freedom fighters
and their family members to show restraint and
patience as her government has initiated
scrutinizing the recently published Razakars
list to rectify the mistakes.
“No freedom fighters will remain in the list
of Razakars. I want to say it clearly that no
freedom fighter will be labelled as a Razakar.
It should not be happened. It is unbecoming. It
will not happen anymore during the tenure of my
government,” she said.
The Prime Minister said this while delivering
her opening speech at the meeting of Bangladesh
Awami League Central Working Committee at
Ganabhaban here ahead of the National Council
of Awami League slated for December 20-21.
She said it is a matter of regret that the
freedom fighters, who have fought for the
country, have been labelled as Razakars. “The
people who got hurt should remain calm and show
forgiveness”.
The premier went on saying that the names of
freedom fighters could not be enlisted as
Razakars.
It (the recently published list) can in no
way be the list of Razakars,” said the Prime
Minister adding that there are separate lists
of Razakars, Al-Badr and Al-Shams which had
been published in the gazette.
She said confusion has been raised over the
publication of the list of Razakars as the list
was not properly scrutinized and even the
footnotes on the list were not reviewed
properly.
During the regime of Pakistan, a list of
terrorists had been prepared incorporating the
names of many freedom fighters which had been
used by military dictators Ziaur Rahman and HM
Ershad, and even Khaleda Zia.
They even filed cases against the freedom
fighters terming them as terrorists, she said.
The premier said confusion has been raised
between the list of terrorists prepared during
the Pakistani regime and the list of Razakars.
The PM said she earlier directed the
Liberation War Affairs Ministry to publish the
list after making a thorough scrutiny, without
making any hurry.
But the ministry did it in a hurried manner
ahead of the Victory Day, she said.
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