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'Constitution to retain Bismillah'
Fri, Feb 11th, 2011 3:56 pm BdST
Dhaka, Feb 11 (bdnews24.com) Amendment to the constitution will not remove 'Bismillahir--Rahmanir-Rahim' from it, says the co-chairman of the parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment.
"The constitution will be amended in line with the spirit of the Liberation War without hurting the subtle religious sentiment," Suranjit Sengupta told a discussion at Dhaka Reporters' Unity on Friday.
The present government has taken initiatives to amend the constitution after the court repealed the Fifth Amendment.
In this connection, a special parliamentary committee was formed with deputy leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury in the chair.
On Feb 9, Suranjit told reporters, "We have unanimously decided to restore the preamble of the 1972 constitution,"
In case of replacement of the present preamble with the 1972 one, 'Bismillahir--Rahmanir-Rahim' (In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the Merciful) is supposed to go.
BNP founder Gen Ziaur Rahman, in Nov 1977, through a military proclamation amended the 1972 constitution and inserted the aforesaid terms in the preamble of the constitution.
However, the government has taken initiatives to reprint the constitution following a High Court verdict. "Recommendations for further amendment would be formulated, if needed," Sengupta earlier said.
Sengupta on Friday said the judiciary, despite being the custodian of the constitution, had been carrying out as the wastrel of it in last 36 years.
According to the constitution, the amendment necessarily requires support of the two-thirds of parliamentarians.
On Feb 9, Sengupta said law minister Shafique Ahmed had promised to hand over a copy of 1972 constitution to the committee by Feb 15.
"The committee will examine each and every article of the copy and will recommend raising the Fifth Amendment Bill," he said.
"A minister", he said without naming, "asked the government officials to quit in case of failure to improve the share market condition." In this connection, Sengupta said, "Mass media should question the minister whether he or she should quit."
'Constitution to retain Bismillah'
Fri, Feb 11th, 2011 3:56 pm BdST
Dhaka, Feb 11 (bdnews24.com) Amendment to the constitution will not remove 'Bismillahir--Rahmanir-Rahim' from it, says the co-chairman of the parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment.
"The constitution will be amended in line with the spirit of the Liberation War without hurting the subtle religious sentiment," Suranjit Sengupta told a discussion at Dhaka Reporters' Unity on Friday.
The present government has taken initiatives to amend the constitution after the court repealed the Fifth Amendment.
In this connection, a special parliamentary committee was formed with deputy leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury in the chair.
On Feb 9, Suranjit told reporters, "We have unanimously decided to restore the preamble of the 1972 constitution,"
In case of replacement of the present preamble with the 1972 one, 'Bismillahir--Rahmanir-Rahim' (In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the Merciful) is supposed to go.
BNP founder Gen Ziaur Rahman, in Nov 1977, through a military proclamation amended the 1972 constitution and inserted the aforesaid terms in the preamble of the constitution.
However, the government has taken initiatives to reprint the constitution following a High Court verdict. "Recommendations for further amendment would be formulated, if needed," Sengupta earlier said.
Sengupta on Friday said the judiciary, despite being the custodian of the constitution, had been carrying out as the wastrel of it in last 36 years.
According to the constitution, the amendment necessarily requires support of the two-thirds of parliamentarians.
On Feb 9, Sengupta said law minister Shafique Ahmed had promised to hand over a copy of 1972 constitution to the committee by Feb 15.
"The committee will examine each and every article of the copy and will recommend raising the Fifth Amendment Bill," he said.
"A minister", he said without naming, "asked the government officials to quit in case of failure to improve the share market condition." In this connection, Sengupta said, "Mass media should question the minister whether he or she should quit."