Social Welfare Adviser Sharmeen S Murshid. File Photo

DHAKA, Jan 24, 2025 (BSS) - Social Welfare Adviser Sharmeen S Murshid today said that the brutality of the dictatorial Awami League (AL) in the July uprising has recalled the torture on Bengalis in the 1971 Liberation War.

“Like 1971, the students came to the streets against injustice to free the country from dictatorship. And the fascist Awami League government was forced to quit the power in a continuous 36-day movement,” she said.

The adviser said this while speaking at the opening ceremony of the special exhibition on ‘July-Awakening and July Mass Uprising’, organised by the Daily Prothom Alo at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the city.

Murshid said even in 50 years of independence, the history of 71 was not protected. 
“Real freedom fighters were not evaluated. The youths who participated in the Liberation War were not evaluated. The Awami League government had run the country for 16 years based on lies. They did not protect history,” she added.

For this, the adviser pointed out that the students stood up to protect the country's independence and sovereignty in the July uprising.