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Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said on Sunday (23 June) that the Awami League has always stood by the people in times of trouble and disaster since its establishment.
The minister came up with these remarks while speaking as the chief guest at the cheque and tin distribution ceremony among families affected by natural calamities at Sapahar Upazila Parishad Auditorium this afternoon.
"From the liberation war to this day whatever good things happened in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Awami League was there," he said.
Sadhan Chandra said that the language movement of 1952, Six-point demand 'Charter of Freedom' the historical speech of March 7 and above all the independence of Bangladesh all came through the hands of the oldest party of the country, Awami League.
He said, once seven crore people did not have enough rice. Bangladesh has now managed to solve the food problem of seventeen crore people. Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has modernized the agricultural sector and developed the overall situation of farmers. “Now we are food self-sufficient due to the tireless efforts of farmers.”
The Prime Minister works for the welfare of people irrespective of party affiliation, he added.
Chaired by Sapahar Upazila Executive Officer Md Masud Hossain, Sapahar Upazila Parishad Chairman Md Shahjahan Hossain, Vice Chairman Naimuddin, Female Vice Chairman Fahima, Upazila Awami League General Secretary Md Masud Hossain, Sapahar Thana Officer-in-Charge Palash Dev also spoke.
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