Govt slammed for excluding Bhashani's life from textbooks
National Awami Party (NAP-Bhashani) yesterday blasted the government for excluding chapter's on Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani from the textbooks of class V and VIII.
Leaders of the party demanded that the government takes immediate measures to restore those chapters in the books.
“Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani is known as Majloom Jononeta†(leader of the oppressed) to all of us. All leaders irrespective of their political identity show respect to him for his role in Bangladesh's struggles for freedom and independence,†said NAP Chairman Mohammad Azharul Islam at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity auditorium.
But the government excluded writings on his great role from the textbooks on general history of class V and VIII, he said.
“It was the reflection of narrow mind of top leaders of the present Awami League government,†he said adding, "Out of envy they have undertaken this change in the textbooks."
He also said his party will take tough programmes in association with other partners in the BNP-led 18-party alliance if the government does not meet their demand.
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