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Mujibur Rahman's portrait removed from interim govt chief advisor Muhammad Yunus' office: Report

Nov 12, 2024 08:43 PM IST

Mahfuz Alam, who is special assistant to the Chief Adviser Mohammed Yunus-led government confirmed that Mujib's portrait had been removed.

The portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's father, was taken down from President Muhammad Yunus' office, India Today reported.

The move is being seen as a “concession” to student leaders by the caretaker government.

A statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's founding father and parent of the country's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka.(AFP)
A statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's founding father and parent of the country's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka.(AFP)

On Sunday, Mahfuz Alam, the special assistant to the Chief Adviser Mohammed Yunus-led government, confirmed that Mujib's portrait had been removed from the Darbar Hall in Bangabhaban, the official residence of the president, India Today report added.

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Alam further said that it was a matter of "shame" that they "couldn't remove Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's pictures from Bangabhaban after Hasina's ouster."

The development has sparked widespread anger and was condemned by several leaders including the opposition.

Calling it an ‘unacceptable act’, the country's main opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by former PM Khaleda Zia, condemned the removal of Mujib's portrait.

Ever since violent student protests led to the ouster of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August, the legacy of her father has become a matter of resentment among Bangladeshis.

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The move to remove Mujib's portrait comes after the Yunus government cancelled the national holidays marking the Bangladesh founder's birth and death anniversaries and redesigned the currency notes to remove his image.

Mujib and the history of Bangladesh

Mujibur Rahman, revered as ‘Bangabandhu’, was the first president of Bangladesh after the nation was carved out of Pakistan in 1971. He along with several members of his family was assassinated in a military coup in 1975.

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