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28 April 2010, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITAN

Staff Correspondent

State Minister for Liberation War Affairs AB Tajul Islam yesterday urged the pro-liberation forces to remain united to resist any conspiracy to foil the trial of war criminals. “The anti-liberation forces have been engaged in hatching conspiracy to foil the trial by bringing different issues such as water, gas and power crises into focus. But we along with all other pro-liberation forces will have to remain united against the conspiracy,” he said. The minister made the call while addressing an oath taking ceremony for the children of freedom fighters at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city where they vowed to launch coordinated movement to try war criminals and not to return home before the completion of the trial. They also pledged to work together to establish Bangladesh as a non-communal democratic county to make Bangabandhu's dreams come true. World University Vice Chancellor Abdul Mannan Chowdhury administrated the oath. State Minister Tajul Islam said souls of the freedom fighters would not remain in peace unless the war criminals are put on trial. So, it is the prime duty of the present generation to launch a coordinated movement to try the war criminals. He added that the nation has been freed from stigma partly through execution of Bangabandhu's killers. It would be free from stigma completely after the trial of war criminals. Awami League information and research secretary Afzal Hossain and former chairman of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad central command council Principal Abdul Ahad Chowdhury also spoke.