DHAKA, Jan 10, 2024 (BSS) - Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader today said the country's final victory was achieved after Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned home.

"We achieved victory on December 16 in 1971 by defeating Pakistanis...but our triumph got a complete shape when our great hero returned to his own land", he said.

Quader also Road Transport and Bridges Minister made this comment after paying homage to the portrait of the architect of Bangladesh in front of Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi here this morning.

Bangabandhu's physical absence made the victory incomplete, he said, adding that but the victory of December 16 got a complete shape when the great hero of the success returned to the country after releasing from the Pakistani jail on January 10, 1972.

After the brutal assassination of Bangabandhu along with his family members in 1975, Quader said the country again started its journey to the opposite direction. "The country again went back to the Pakistani communal trend for long 21 years", he noted.

As a result, he said "We have to overcome various challenges facing stress, conspiracy bloodshed and struggles in every sphere of our national life."

So, our efforts to consolidate our right by establishing Sonar Bangla under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would continue, Quader expressed his promise .