Display portrait of Bangabandhu: HC

The  High Court yesteray directed the government  to preserve and  display the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur  Rahman at the parliament session room in Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

Secretary  to Jatiya Sangsad secretariat has been asked to comply with the  directive and to submit a compliance report to this court in a  month.

A  virtual HC bench of Justice Tariq ul Hakim and Justice SM Kuddus Zaman  passed the order after hearing a writ petition through video  conferencing.

Advocate  Subir Nandi Das, a Supreme Court lawyer, on August 12 filed the petition with the HC seeking its directive on the government  to  preserve and display the portrait of Bangabandhu  at the parliament-session room.

In  the petition, he said there is an obligation for the respondents to  preserve and display the portrait of Bangabandhu  at the courtroom, parliament session room and  other office rooms concerned as per Article 4 (A) of the constitution.

There  is no portrait of Father of the Nation in the parliament session room at present, he said, adding that the portrait of Bangabandhu   had been displayed in the parliament session room till August 15, 1975, the day when Bangabandhu and most of his  family members were assassinated.

Following  his another petition, the HC on August 29 last year directed the  authorities concerned to preserve and display the portrait of Bangabandhu at all courtrooms across  the country in next two months.

The government has implemented the directive, Advocate Subir said.

Subir  Nandi Das argued for the petition while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam  and Deputy Attorney General Amit Dasgupta represented state during  yesterday's hearing.