A 12-member delegation led by Maulana Mahmudul Hasan, president of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasa Education Board, attended the meeting with the minister, according to Sharif Mahmud Apu, a spokesman for the home ministry. Asked about the details of the meeting, Apu said, "The overall situation of the country and sculpture were discussed at the meeting." Leaders of Hifazat-e-Islam, an alliance of various Qawmi madrasa-centric organisations, railed against the initiative to build a sculpture of Bangabandhu at Dholairpar in Dhaka to mark the Father of the Nation's birth centenary. Under the circumstances, the top scholars of Qawmi madrasas held a discussion at Jatrabari madrasa in Dhaka on Dec 5 led by Mahmudul Hasan. But it is not known whether they presented any proposals from that meeting to the home minister.

Source: bd News24 December 14, 2020 20:02 UTC