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| Bangladesh |
| Citizens to unite against sculpture removal |
| 2008-10-22 |
| Eminent citizens of the country yesterday decided to bring all the organisations protesting the removal of Baul statues from the airport roundabout under one platform in a day or two to cement the movement against fundamentalist forces. They said they will send letters to the Awami League, BNP and other political parties asking them to support the demand for installing a statue of high art value at the site and stand up to what they termed conspiracies against the spirit of the liberation war. The roads & highways department (RHD) and civil aviation authority removed five statues of Baul (folk singer), including mystic Lalon Shah's, giving in to pressures from fundamentalists on October 15. The citizens made the decision at a meeting presided over by acclaimed scholar Dr Khan Sarwar Murshed at Comrade Mani Singh-Farhad Trust building yesterday afternoon. They said the attack on the sculptures is an attack on the culture and tradition of the country, adding that the country would be unliveable if the fundamentalists were not stopped now. |
| Posted by:Fred |