Saifuddin Manik Memorial Meeting

'Ethics gone from politics'

Staff Correspondent
Speakers at a memorial meeting yesterday said ethics and sacrifices have become a thing of the past in the country's politics. They told the meeting at Liberation War Museum in the city arranged for the third death anniversary of Saifuddin Ahmed Manik to be observed today. “He was a modest, friendly, and ever-smiling personality who treated his fellow leaders, colleagues, and subordinates with equal respect and affection,” said Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed. Workers' Party of Bangladesh President Rashed Khan Menon, Mujahidul Islam Selim, general secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Sammilita Samajik Andolon (SSA) President Ajoy Roy, Gano Forum Presidium Member Pankaj Bhattacharya, and Bangladesh Mahila Parishad President Ayesha Khanam, among others, also spoke. Saifuddin Ahmed Manik was a veteran politician and former general secretary of Gono Forum.