Bangladesh Interim Govt. Dismisses Claims of Dropping ‘Father of Nation’ Title from Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

The interim government of Bangladesh, led by Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus, has dismissed as “completely baseless and misleading” the media reports claiming that it has dropped the ‘Father of the Nation’ title for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and revised the definition of freedom fighters. After this news was published in several media outlets, the Chief Advisor’s Office posted on the social media platform X, stating that the revocation of freedom fighter recognition for over a hundred leaders—including President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Acting President Nazrul Islam, and Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed of the Mujibnagar Government—is completely false and misleading for the citizens of the country.

The provisional government was constituted at Mujibnagar to lead Bangladesh’s Liberation War in April 1971. Because of this, it is popularly known as the Mujibnagar Government. The Advisor to the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs, Faruk-e-Azam, clarified that those involved in the Mujibnagar Government were also freedom fighters and that their names would always be remembered.

“Those who fought in the Liberation War with arms were freedom fighters. Those who led the war were also freedom fighters. However, the officials and employees of the government were associate freedom fighters,” he said.