Aug 15 buried plan to build exploitation-free society
Speakers tell roundtable
Terming the month of August a period of 'sorrow and pain' in the country's history, speakers at a roundtable yesterday said there was a certain link between the August 15, 1975 and August 21, 2005 carnage aimed to undermine the forces that had brought the nation independence in 1971.
“We find a link between August 15 and August 21….both were attempted to bury the spirit of the War of Liberation and to halt the pace of development,” renowned economist Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad said.
Society for Development and Cooperation organised the discussion titled “Vision 2021: Economic and Social Thoughts of Bangabandhu” at Cirdap auditorium in the city.
Chairman of Krishi Bank and former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank Khondker Ibrahim Khaled presented the keynote paper in the discussion.
Dr Kholiquzzaman, who chaired the discussion, said a conspiracy of the anti-liberation forces was there always and it is still on to foil the pace of development.
Responding to a discussant's suggestion, he said young professionals, who were born after the liberation war should be brought into such discussions so that they can know about Bangabandhu's philosophy for the social and economic development of the country.
Ibrahim Khalid in his speech said Bangabandhu had formulated a revolutionary plan aimed at ending exploitation and eliminating discrimination from the society and started work to achieve this objective, but his plans got buried by the events of August 15 in 1975.
“It not only drew an end to his revolutionary plan, it also pushed the country to a different economic path, which was capitalism,” he said.
He said Bangabandhu's thoughts on the distribution of income throughout different segments in an economy were also buried through the assassination of founder of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
“After a long time, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is getting a chance to coordinate economic growth with income distribution by adhering to vision 2021,” Ibrahim Khalid said.
Economists, educationists, journalists, development activists, government and non-government officials took part in the discussion moderated by chief coordinator of Society for Development and Cooperation Kashem Humayun.
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