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After the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina, the interim government of Bangladesh is inclined towards fundamentalism. From insulting the country’s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to Bengali nationalism, things are now coming to an end and leaning towards the ideology of Pakistan. Meanwhile, the Bangladesh government has said that there is no need for secularism in the country. Bangladesh Attorney General Mohammad Asadujaman has said this. bangladeshi newspaper prothom alo According to Asadujaman said this during the hearing in the High Court. He said this during the hearing of a petition filed in the High Court against the 15th amendment of the country’s Constitution.
This constitutional amendment took place on 3 July 2011 during the government of Sheikh Hasina. Under this amendment the country was declared secular and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was recognized as the Father of the Nation. Under this, permission was also given to increase the representation of women. In a way, that constitutional amendment is being seen as a major change in the politics of Bangladesh. Now preparations are underway to remove it. The Attorney General of Bangladesh told the court that 90 percent of the population here is Muslim. Then what is the need for such a thing as secularism here? He said that in such a situation it is not appropriate to keep secularism in Article 8 of the Constitution.
He said that earlier it was said to have faith in Allah. The Attorney General has appealed to the Mohammad Yunus government to cancel this constitutional amendment and implement the previous rules. During the hearing of the case, the Attorney General of Bangladesh said that the official religion of our country is Islam. However, he also said that if there are many minorities including Hindus living in the country, then they also have the right to follow and worship religion in their own way. The situation is such that the new government is now talking about removing Bengali nationalism from the Constitution.
Regarding this, the Attorney General of Bangladesh said that Article 9 of the Constitution talks about Bengali nationalism, but this is wrong. Doing so is an insult to the people of other languages who participated in the freedom struggle. Therefore it should be removed. It is believed that the new government of Bangladesh wants to move towards the concept of a nation based on Islam instead of Bengali nationalism.
