List being prepared for freedom fighter quota employees: Adviser Farooq-e-Azam
Action will be taken against those who have received the freedom fighter certificates without having participated in the Liberation War, he says
A list is being prepared of individuals employed in government and semi-government institutions under the freedom fighter quota, Liberation War Affairs Adviser Farooq-e-Azam said today (15 September).
"It is also being investigated whether there were any irregularities," he told reporters at the secretariat after a courtesy call on the Australian Ambassador to Bangladesh Nardia Simpson.
"Action will be taken against those who have received the freedom fighter certificates without having participated in the Liberation War.
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"We will present everything before you whether those who got jobs under the freedom fighter quota are the children of real freedom fighters, whether it was done fairly," he added.
Farooq-e-Azam said the decision on freedom fighters used to be made through the Jatiyo Muktijoddha Council (Jamuka), which the ministry did not supervise. The ministry could only implement what was decided by them. "Its legal aspects are being looked into."
The adviser said, "The Liberation War is a unique event, and there is no more glorious event than this. True freedom fighters want to regain that glory."
When asked whether action will be taken if fake freedom fighters are identified, he said, 'Why not? It is a fraud against the nation."
It is a punishable offence if someone takes advantage of the Liberation War without being a freedom fighter," he further stated.
