RAJSHAHI, June 17, 2022 (BSS) - Mayor of Rajshahi AHM Khairuzzaman Liton today said the present government has been working relentlessly for welfare of the heroic freedom fighters along with their family members as per its election pledge. 
 
"Whenever Awami League got the responsibility of running the country, it ensured honor, dignity and welfare of the freedom fighters and their family members," Mayor Liton said.

He was addressing the divisional delegation meeting- 2022 of Rajshahi Divisional Muktijoddha Sangsad Santan Command (RDMSSC) at Rash Convention Centre in the city today as chief guest.

Jointly organized by the Rajshahi Divisional, District and City Committees of RDMSSC the meeting was inaugurated by its Central Committee President Mehedi Hassan, with Rajshahi Divisional President Mahmud Hassan Foisal in the chair.

RDMSSC leaders Selim Reza, Alimul Hassan and Kamrul Islam also spoke. 
 
Mayor Liton termed the freedom fighters as "the best sons of the soil", adding that all of us should take the responsibility of their welfare along with their offspring.
 
"All of us should stand by them and the significance and spirit of the war of liberation should be highlighted to the new generation," he said.
 
Liton told the meeting that the present government under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been implementing various benevolent programmes for the welfare of freedom fighters and their family members.
 
The government has been implementing its decision of building one-storey houses for 30,000 indigent freedom fighters scattered across the country marking the golden jubilee of independence and the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he added.