Online Desk  :   BNP Standing Committee member Dr. Abdul Moin Khan has said that the Awami League has never succeeded in creating nationalism among the people of the country. He said this at a discussion and poetry reading event titled ‘Martyr Zia and Bangladeshi Nationalism’ organized at the Seminar Hall of the Modern Language Institute of Dhaka University (DU) on Saturday. Moin Khan also said, “Fleeing is the character of the Awami League. They also fled during the great Liberation War. The Awami League was forced to flee the country because it could not understand the suffering of the people of the country for the past 16 years.”

He said, “Awami League built the grave of democracy in just 11 minutes inside the National Parliament and established a one-party rule in Bangladesh. There, Martyr President Ziaur Rahman overthrew the one-party rule and established a multi-party democracy, returning democracy to the hands of crores of people of Bangladesh.” Organized by the Nationalist Writers Forum, this event was presided over by poet Shaheen Reza and moderated by poet Dr. Shahid Azad. The event was inaugurated by poet Al Mujahidi.

In his speech as the chief guest, criticizing Bengali nationalism, Dr. Abdul Moin Khan further said there are about 50 tribes in this country, including Chakma, Marma, Santal, Hajong, Murong, Khasia, Rajbangshi, Kol, Bhil, Munda, Koch, Lusai and so on. So, if we live in this country and call our nationalism Bengali nationalism, what will it be like? Will that be right? “That’s why Martyr President Ziaur Rahman gave his solution very beautifully, decently. He (Ziaur Rahman) said, Bangladeshi nationalism is like a garland. The flower in the wreath of which Bengali is a flower and that flower may be large in size but the other flowers in that wreath are these different tribes. He named the nation that was created and the nationalism that was created as a result of his combination as Bangladeshi Nationalism.” At this time, the guests unveiled the cover of a book titled ‘Nationalism in Consciousness’.