Md. Mafiz Uddin Sarker, Rangpur

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Naib-e-Ameer, former MP Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher said, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami wants universal unity to protect the independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh.

He made this comment as the chief guest at the Iftar Mahfil organized by the National Doctors Forum (NDF) Rangpur at Check post Café 66 in Rangpur on Monday afternoon.

He also said, "We have achieved independence many times. We became independent in 1947 after a 150-year struggle, but we did not get independence. In 1971, we achieved independence at the cost of thousands of lives and blood, but we did not get independence.

We united again on August 5, 2024 and we became independent. We have also declared a second independence, but it feels strange, will we not get independence again? Because within five to six months, a discord has arisen among us."

He also said, "We united under several slogans to build a prosperous Bangladesh. Today, our goals have changed, whoever joined the party who needed power has gone to power." Dr. Taher said, "The students who inspired us with their new lives have also left their comrades and joined the power struggle today. It seems that none of us are for the country, not for the people, not for morality, not for building a corruption-free Bangladesh. We are only for ourselves."

The program, moderated by Dr. Maruf Hossain, Secretary of the NDF Rangpur Medical Department and chaired by Dr. Md. Atiquzzaman, President of the NDF Rangpur Medical Department, was attended as invited guests by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's Central Working Council member and Rangpur-Dinajpur regional team member Professor Mahbubur Rahman Belal, Rangpur Metropolitan Ameer Vice Principal ATM Azam Khan.

Special guests were the Secretary General of NDF, Professor Dr. Mahmud Hossain, and the Vice President of NDF, Rangpur Division, Dr. Mohammad Hossain. Doctors of various levels, medical students and other leaders were also present.