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The High Court has issued a rule asking the government to explain why directives should not be given to set up a Bangabandhu's speech-mode sculpture at the place where he had delivered the historic 7th March Speech in 1971.
An HC bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed issued the rule on Sunday after hearing a writ petition filed over the issue.
The court also wanted to know as to why directives should not be given to take necessary steps to preserve the place for the next generation as a historical place, reports UNB.
The authorities concerned, including the Liberation War Affairs, Information and Cultural Affairs secretaries, were made respondents to the rule which is returnable in two weeks.
Advocate Mahsin Rashid stood for the petitioner while deputy attorney general Mokhlesur Rahman represented the state.
The writ petition was filed on November 20 when the High Court also issued a rule upon the government to explain as to why directives should not be given to set up a Bangabandhu's speech-mode sculpture and a museum at the place where the 7th March Speech was delivered, and declare the day a national one.
A writ petition was filed seeking HC directives to reinstate the stages at the places where Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had delivered the 7th March Speech, Pakistani force surrendered and gratitude extended to then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by Bangladesh and set up an sculpture of Bangabandhu, a museum and declare the day as the national historic one.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) on October 30 recognised the Bangabandhu's historic 7th March a world documentary heritage.