Desk Report
Publish: 15 Oct 2021, 07:56 pm
State Minister for Information Murad Hassan || Photo: Collected
State Minister for
Information Murad Hassan has said Bangladesh is a secular nation and will
return to its 1972 constitution offered by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Military dictators tried to
undermine Bangladesh's core ideal of secularism by declaring Islam as the state
religion, he said, reports UNB.
"We'll soon return to
the 1972 secular constitution that founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman gave to Bangladesh after independence," he said in a video post,
also while visiting a Puja venue last night.
Murad said Islam is not a state religion and he does not believe in that. "We'll return to the 1972
constitution. We'll get that bill passed in parliament under the leadership of
the Prime Minister (Sheikh Hasina)," he added.
Murad Hassan said they will
table a bill soon in Parliament. "I don't think there's anyone in parliament
to oppose it."
He came down heavily on
former military dictator HM Ershd and Ziaur Rahman for incorporating Islam as the state religion in the constitution and lashed out at the BNP-Jamaat for
unleashing violence and creating divisions in the country in the name of
religion.
Earlier, Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina said the people irrespective of caste, creed and religion
celebrate all festivals together in Bangladesh, adding: "Religion is for
individuals and festival is for all and we enjoy every festival together."
But there are some cliques
who are out to destroy the spirit by staging some communal incidents, she said.
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