‘We should move forward imbued with the spirit of March 7’: Information State Minister
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Arafat said, no one can keep Bengalis under pressure, Bengalis cannot be kept under pressure, we should move forward with the spirit of March 7.
The State Minister made this call while addressing as the chief guest at the 50th Annual Sports Competition 2024 of Banani Bidyaniketan School and College at Banani in the capital on Thursday (March 7) afternoon.
The State Minister also said that Bangabandhu had predicted in his March 7 speech that he would not be able to keep seven crore people under control. This is particularly significant. We have seen conspirators trying to keep the Bengalis in demand again and again. But Bengali comes out of all conspiracies right, head held high.
Addressing the students, the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting also said that the spirit of freedom is not only about meeting the five basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and education, but the spirit of freedom is to stand tall and not bow down when someone tries to demean it. That is the motto of independence and today Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is not only developing Bangladesh economically, but because of that, we are seeing a lot of things in Bangladesh in today's reality. Bangladesh was not like these twenty years ago. Think big now. You will further advance Bangladesh in the coming days.
At that time, he added, there was no metro rail, no nuclear power plant in this country twenty years ago. Even ten years ago in this country, Bangladesh was not connected with electricity, ten-fifteen years ago there were no tunnels under the river in this country. Today, Bangladesh has reached space with satellites, reached the bottom of the sea with submarines; we have built a huge bridge like Padma Bridge with our own money. Very few countries in the world have these things at the same time. From this it can be understood that Bangabandhu's daughter has taken Bangladesh to the status of a small number of countries. Bangabandhu's daughter has changed our status on earth.
Chaired by Banani Bidyaniketan School and College Governing Body President and Dhaka North City Corporation Ward No. 19 Councilor Bir Muktijoddha Mofizur Rahman, Member of Parliament and General Secretary of Bangladesh Women's Awami League Shabnam Jahan Shila, Deputy Police Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Rifat Rahman Shamim and others were present as special guests.