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Parties hail verdict

Staff Correspondent
Most of the major political parties yesterday welcomed the High Court (HC) verdict that declared illegal the cancellation of National Mourning Day and a pubic holiday on August 15.
A year after assuming power in 2001 BNP-Jamaat-led four-party alliance government cancelled observing the day as a holiday and National Mourning Day.
In immediate reactions to the verdict, leaders of Awami League
(AL), Jatiya Party (JP), Workers Party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), and Gonotantri Party (GP) termed the verdict as a victory for the country’s people'.
AL Presidium Member Tofail Ahmed termed the judgment as 'a landmark verdict' and told The Daily Star that through the judgment it has been proven that 'independence of the judiciary has been ensured'
"It's only natural that the country will observe the assassination
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day of the father of the nation as National Mourning Day and a public holiday. We thank the High Court for delivering the verdict,” said Tofai). who was a political secretaty to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Welcoming the verdict, AL President Sheikh Hasina's Political Secretary Saber Hossain Chowdhury said through yesterday's HC judgment a fact of history has been recognised by the highest court of the country.
"It's, however, sad that a fact which is as clear as daylight had to be ruled upon by the court due to the actions of a political party bent on • distorting history/' said Saber( also an-organising secretaryofAL
Jatiya Party Acting Chairman Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud said, "Definitely the country should observe the assassination day of the father of the nation as National Mourning Day and a public holiday, as it used to be earlier."
"Hopes and aspirations of the masses have been reflected in the verdict of the High Court, "he added.
"The High Court has given the verdict considering national sentiment. We welcome it," Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon said.
Welcoming the verdict JSD Joint Secretary Shirin Akhtar demanded immediate execution of the court verdict aeainst the killers of Bangabandnu. She said BNR Jamaat and anti-liberation war forces, who opposed observing the day as National Mourning Day, must accept the truth that 'they could fool the people a few times through distorting the glorious history of the wrar of liberation, but they cannot keep on fooling the people forever'.
Expressing deep gratitude to the HC for delivering the verdict, Gonotantri Party leader Nurul Islam said it is a shame that politicians of the country could not put the assassination day of the father of the nation in it s appropriate place.
"The High Court through its verdict today has removed that shame. We are certainly welcoming it," he toldThe DailyStar yesterday
Meanwhile. leaders of AL's US chapter termed the verdict as "a historic victory', according to a report of the US-based American News Agency.