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Sector-7 FFs' Reunion

’Govt plans various facilities for war heroes’

Staff Correspondent
The government will take initiatives to offer various facilities to the freedom fighters, the best sons of the soil, for their welfare, State Minister for Liberation War Affairs AB Tajul Islam said yesterday.
The facilities include food rationing programme for insolvent freedom fighters, free medical treatment and setting up banks, insurance companies and media houses in their names, he said.
A modem hospital will be built at Tejgaon in the city for the freedom fighters and a 20-storied commercial-cum-residence complex would be constructed at Muhammadpur, he said.
The government is also planning to give allowance to every freedom fighter gradually, he added.
The minister also said that very important person (VIP)
status will be given to war-maimed freedom fighters and the martyred freedom fighter's family members and gradually to all freedom fighters.
The state minister said this at the reunion of freedom fighters who fought under Sector-7 battle zone comprising Rajshahi, Pabna, Bogra and part of Dinajpur districts.
He also said that the election to the Muktijoddha Sangsad is likely to be held next month.
Muktijoddha Parishad, Sector No.-7, organised the reunion at the LGED auditorium in the city.
Col (retd) Kazi Nuruzzaman, who led the Sector No. 7, presided over the event. .
Speaking on the occasion, he said, "We fought for a prosperous Bangladesh, but we could not achieve our desired development due to political confrontation and division."
On the other hand, Jamaat-e-Islami, which opposed the Liberation War. is now more powerful, he said and added: " We need to take fresh prepara -tion to fight against them and continuation of pro-liberation government is imperative for it"
Festivity was in the air as hundreds of freedom fighters joined the reunion. They embraced each other and exchanged pleasantries.
They called for immediate start of the trial of war criminals.
They urged the government to involve local freedom fighters in preparing the list of war heroes at upazila level to avoid anjmjsukei .
Maj Gen (ret a) ITm Shafiullah, Dr Quaium Khan, Dr M Amzad Hossain, Mansur Ali, MA Gafur, Moqbul Hossain and Azad Ali also spoke.