The National Freedom Fighters Council has strongly condemned ruling party MP Fazlur Rahman for using offensive and unparliamentary language in his speech during the 13th National Parliament session on Tuesday. In a statement released to the media on Wednesday, the council’s president Engineer Moslem Uddin, secretary general Md. Tajirul Islam, and 70 other members denounced Rahman’s comments about Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the opposition leader, calling them contrary to the spirit of the Liberation War.

The statement noted that debates over the Liberation War and Jamaat-e-Islami’s role have recently intensified, even within Parliament. The council asserted that freedom fighters have historically joined various political parties, including Awami League, Jatiya Party, BNP, and Jamaat-e-Islami, and that every citizen has the right to associate with any political ideology supporting Bangladesh’s sovereignty. The council described Rahman’s claim that freedom fighters or martyrs’ families cannot join Jamaat as unacceptable and divisive.

The council urged all parties to avoid divisive politics and focus on constitutional reform and national unity to prevent the country from sliding toward authoritarian rule.