Home affairs adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday inaugurated murals titled ‘July Heroism’ and ‘July Sacrifice’ at the Mawa end of the Padma Bridge, commemorating the martyrs of the July uprising.
Speaking to journalists after the event, the adviser said that those who opposed the July movement and its graffiti ‘will never return’. ‘Even under a new government, there is no reason to remove the murals.’
Jahangir Alam described the July movement as more than a protest, calling it a ‘struggle for truth and justice against injustice’. He said that the artworks would inspire young people to remain devoted to truth, justice, freedom and democracy, and thanked the artists for creating a ‘priceless witness to history’.
Railways secretary Fahmidul Islam, bridges division secretary Momtaz Begum, DIG of Dhaka range Rezaul Karim Mallik, Munshiganj deputy commissioner Fatematul Jannat, Shariatpur DC Tahsina Begum, Police superintendent Muhammad Shamsul Alam Sarkar, police superintendent Md Nazrul Islam, PPM, and other officials attended the ceremony.