People's aspirations must be included in the constitution: Bangladesh NAP

Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP Chairman Jebel Rahman Gani and Secretary General M. Golam Mostafa Bhuiya said, our constitution has been amended 17 times in 53 years of independence, but it has not been possible to fulfill the aspirations of the people.

They said these things in a statement sent to the media on Tuesday (September 10) on the 76th birth anniversary of Shafiqul Gani Swapan, the political successor of the oppressed public leader Maulana Bhasani and the former chairman and former minister of Bangladesh NAP.

Paying deep respect to the immortal memory of leader Shafiqul Gani Swapan, he said that the politics of national unity should be carried forward on the path shown by Shafiqul Gani Swapan to prevent all anti-national plots. National consensus should be created on the question of 'state reform'.

They said that the present constitutional framework gives rise to dictatorship. The prime minister has immense power, which all rulers have abused more or less. And the fallen autocratic government made the most of it. Besides, Article 7 of the Constitution contains some things in clause 'A', which cannot be amended. That is why there is no other way to amend or rewrite the constitution without consensus. The constitution has been amended repeatedly in the country. If the Constitution is amended again by Gojamil, the bloody revolution of the students and the July Revolution will remain unfulfilled.

Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the 76th birth anniversary of former minister Shafiqul Gani Swapan

Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 11, 2024 is the 76th birth anniversary of Shafiqul Gani Swapan, former chairman of Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP and former minister, the political successor of the oppressed public leader Maulana Bhasani.

Shafiqul Gani Swapan, a talented political leader with progressive and democratic spirit, was born on September 11, 1948 in the headquarter of today's Nilphamari district of Rangpur district under one of the brightest stars of the country's politics, Moshiur Rahman Jadu Mia. His mother is late Sabera Rahman (photo).

After the 1979 National Assembly elections, when Moshiur Rahman Jadu Mia died, Shafiqul Gani Swapan entered the political scene directly. He was elected member of the National Parliament in the by-election for the vacant seat due to the death of his father. Later in 1986, he was elected Member of Parliament from Rangpur Sadar and Nilphamari Domar-Dimla constituencies and served as a minister in various ministries of Bangladesh government.

He was serving as the Chairman of Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP till his death. He passed away on August 23, 2009.

Shafiqul Gani is married to Swapan Najhat Gani Shabnam. Najhat Gani was the advisor of Bangladesh NAP. His wife died on 22 June 2012. They have three children. Eldest son Jebel Rahman Gani, daughter Faria Gani and youngest son Barrister Moshiur Rahman Gani. The eldest son Jebel Rahman Gani is currently the Chairman of Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP. The youngest son, Barrister Moshiur Rahman Gani, is a lawyer and a member of the party's presidium.