Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq unveiled the cover of a book titled 'Sheikh Hasinar Dorshon, Vision O Netritto Unnoyoner Chabikathi (Sheikh Hasina's Philosophy, Vision and Leadership: the key to development) on Sunday, written by former foreign minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen.
The program was arranged by Bengal Books and held at the Abdul Karim Sahittya Bisharad Auditorium of Bangla Academy.
In the presence of the author, Mozammel Huq joined the program as the chief guest while Dr. Shamsul Haque, former deputy minister of planning, chaired the program.
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The book was discussed by Anisul Hoque- managing editor of the daily Prothom Alo, and Dr. Mohammad Shahadat Hossen Sidddique, professor of Economics Department of Dhaka University.
Mahmudul Hasan, managerial director of Bengal Books publication, gave the maiden speech of the unveiling program and thanked all the respective for their co-operation in the publication of the book.
During the discussion of the book, Prof. Sahadat Hossen Siddique equally praised and criticized the book about its pros and cons and summarized the book by chapters.
He said, “This book is very much informative. This book is a good portrayal of the ways of implementing mega projects, food security, increased health services, hundred percent electrification etc.”
Marking Sheikh Hasina’s government as the friend of poor, he said that this government has reduced poverty rate remarkably and there is no ultra-poor now.
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“However, I won’t give the philosophical and theoretical credit of development to Sheikh Hasina, rather all these credits go to Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Our prime minister is implementing the visionary thoughts of Bangabandhu,” he added saying, “It is high time to reduce gaps between income and distribution.”
Author of the book, Dr. Abdul Momen, in his speech thanked publishers and his wife Selina Momen for their assistance and regular support.
He said, “I worked with both Bangabandhu and her daughter Sheikh Hasina. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina was the main inspiration behind writing this book as she told me write a book about my experiences. Actually, this book is a combination of my articles I wrote in different times in newspapers.”
"Leadership is a quality which I observed in Bangabandhu and Sheikh Hasina. Sheikh Hasina is a visionary leader as she visualized the goals of the nations and the possible roadmaps to achieve the goals. There are no big differences between the philosophical thoughts of father and daughter. In this book wrote what I have observed and experienced during my working life.”
Mozammel Huq said, “Broadly we can categories Bangabandhu’s philosophy into two categories as economic emancipation and political emancipation. However, before the implementation of his thoughts he along with most of his family members were killed in the black night of 15 august of 1975. Later Sheikh Hasina revived her father’s philosophy and implemented the thoughts of Bangabandhu. As a result, we, now, can see poverty free Bangladesh, community clinics, mega projects, Padma bridge and so on.”
Dr. Shamsul Alam, chair of the program, thanked all and wrapped up the discussion session.