DHAKA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited the Nationwide Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar upazila, Dhaka and laid a wreath to commemorate the fallen freedom fighters of the 1971 Liberation Conflict.
The Prime Minister had arrived on the Dhaka airport earlier in the present day for his two-day go to to Bangladesh. He acquired a heat welcome from his counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
Accompanied by Bangladeshi navy personnel and his private safety, the Indian Prime Minister laid a wreath to honour the lives of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives within the 1971 battle in opposition to Pakistan.
He additionally signed the guests’ e book and planted a sapling throughout his go to to the Nationwide Martyrs’ Memorial.
“I pay my heartfelt tribute to the patriotic martyrs of Bangladesh, whose wonderful sacrifices enabled the beginning of this nice nation. Could each customer to this revered floor honour the sacred reminiscence of the thousands and thousands who had been slain however not silenced,” PM Modi wrote within the guests’ e book.
“Their valour will proceed to encourage future generations to struggle injustice and defend the reason for righteousness. On behalf of the folks of India, I pray that the everlasting flame at Savar stays an enduring reminder of the noble victory of fact and braveness over deceit and oppression,” he additional wrote.
The Prime Minister’s go to comes as Bangladesh is commemorating its fiftieth independence day.
On March 26, 1971, Bangladesh was proclaimed as an unbiased nation by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and this led to Bangladesh Liberation Conflict when a guerilla battle ensued between Pakistan and Bangladesh liberation forces with Indian assist. After going through defeat within the 1971 battle, the then Military Chief of Pakistan Basic Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, alongside along with his 93,000 troops surrendered.
In a while, PM Modi with communicate to Bangladesh Overseas Minister AK Abdul Momen, after which he’ll attend the Nationwide Day Programme after which inaugurate Bapu Bangabandhu Digital Video Exhibition.
“Landed in Dhaka. I thank PM Sheikh Hasina for the particular welcome on the airport. This go to will contribute to even stronger bilateral relations between our nations,” he tweeted.
PM Modi will name on Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid through the go to and can maintain restricted delegation-level talks along with his counterpart Hasina.
“This (PM Modi’s) go to will probably be of very particular significance and can serve to focus on the celebration of very particular and distinctive ties which reinforces complete strategic ties with Bangladesh,” stated Overseas Secretary Harsh Shringla throughout a media briefing on Wednesday.
The Prime Minister can even work together with various teams of Bangladesh’s polity and society. The go to comes at a momentous time in bilateral ties between two international locations, Shringla added.
That is PM Modi’s first overseas go to because the COVID-19 outbreak.
