BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was the main inspiration of the anti-fascist movement.
He said this after paying tributes to the National Poet on his 127th birth anniversary at Shahbagh in the capital on Monday (May 25) morning.
Rizvi said, Nazrul’s literature has carried the message of equality and humanity. His songs and poems inspired all national movements.
The BNP leader also commented that the mantra of fighting against injustice-tyranny and inequality came from the rebel poet. He said, ‘Nazrul was the inspiration in the anti-dictatorship movement of the past 17 years.
From him we got the motto of fighting injustice, oppression and inequality.’
Earlier, Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr. ABM Obaidul Islam. Teachers and officials of various faculties and departments of the university were present at this time.On the occasion of the birth anniversary, various political parties and organizations also paid tributes at the mausoleum of the national poet.
