Fearless Sajeda Chowdhury keeps AL organised in hard times: Hasan

Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary and Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said that the death of Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, the longest-serving deputy leader of Parliament, marked the end of an illustrious life of a fearless fighter.

“She was a valiant freedom fighter, a close associate of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and a fearless leader to keep AL organised after 1975 carnage,” he told journalists after paying tributes to the veteran ruling party leader at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, reports Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.

Noting that Sajeda Chowdhury played a pivotal role during the party’s difficult times, liberation struggles and the country’s Liberation War, Dr Hasan said, “Begum Sajeda Chowdhury was always like a shadow with our leader Sheikh Hasina since she was elected as the president of Bangladesh Awami League in 1981”.

Even, when many people turned their backs in 2007-2008, Begum Sajeda Chowdhury remained stand by the party leader (Sheikh Hasina), the AL joint general secretary said, adding that her name (Sajeda Chowdhury) comes to mind when writing not only the history of Awami League, but also the history of the country.

“She was sick for a long time, but we wished to have her (Sajeda Chowdhury) among us for more and more days. Her demise is very much painful for us and AL,” Dr Hasan said and prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul.