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‘Persons like Ruhul Quddus needed to surmount crisis’

By Staff Correspondent
Speakers at a discussion meeting yesterday lauded the historic contributions of Ruhul Quddus to the country's War of Independence.
The meeting was organised to mark the first death anniversary of Ruhul Quddus. a close associate of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujlbur Rahman, an organiser of the Liberation War and the first Principal Secretary of independent Bangladesh, at the National Museum auditorium in the city.
The speakers while addressing the meeting observed that as a patriot late Quddus a contribution to the emergence of Bangladesh was invnlunbk: as he was associated with the concept of independent Bangladesh.
Freedom Fighter Ruhul Quddus s First Death Anniversary Observance Commit lee arranged the discussion tn the afternoon.
Presided over by the Committee Chief Prof Knbtr Choudhury. the meeting was also addressed by Awami League lender and Deputy Ixader of the Opposition In Parliament Abdus Samad Azad, G ana tan tri Party leader Peer Habibur Rahman, former Finance Minister M Saycdpzzaman. ex-Secretary A K M Ahsan. M Sira-juddln. former Deputy Attorney General Barrister K Z Alam and an accused in the Agartola Conspiracy Case Commander Abdur Rouf and late Quddus's son Ehsanul Alam.
Abdus Samad Azad termed persons like Ruhul Quddus as national assets, and said that such people demonstrated outstanding, courage and exceptional moral integrity for the land and the people.
Despite being a senior government official, Azad pointed out, Quddus showed the rare guts of speaking for the people of former East Pakistan in I hose days of erstwhile Pakistan. His role with the patriots in the so-called Agartola Conspiracy Case and during the Liberation War distinguished him from other people tn the
The Opposition Leader alleged that conspiracy was being hatched to turn Bangladesh into a 'mini Pakistan' in the name of politics using Islam.
Peer Habibur Rahman said that late Quddus patronised
the pro-people and pro-liberation political forces with his democratic and patriotic spirit and noble mentality
He said that lakhs of patri ottc leader like Quddus were needed now-a-days to free the nation from the present crisis and the Intrigues of the Ra
Peer Habib thanked J aha nara Imam for launching the anti-Rajakar movement In the country and criticised the political parties for not ploying due role In eliminating the defeated forces and the Lib eration War.
Prof Kabir Choudhury 1n speech observed that the nation could bitterly pay tributes to the country's great leaders like Quddus by remembering
and discussing their invaluable contributions. He criticised the absence of any government programme In observance of Quddus's death anniversary.
He alleged that religion was being used In the country to obstruct the way of progress ’ although no religion Including Islam speak against progress.
A K M Ahsan said that late Quddus was somewhat difler-ent from the rest of senior government officials of former East Pakistan, because he was exceptional.
M Sayeduzzaman said that Quddus was prophetic when he had remarked on October 7. 1958 following promulgation of Martial Law that It is the beginning of the end of Pakistan'.