Manzurul Ahsan Khan, Former President Communist Party of Bangladesh: 
Bangabandhu is still relevant in Bangladesh because he and his ideology work as a North Star to us. We will keep proceeding by following his ideology. Bangabandhu had been assassinated on August 15, 1975 only to destroy Bangladesh. Local and international conspiracies were there to stop Bangladesh from advancing, shattering its dreams.
Awami League soon after the killing of Bangabandhu and most of his family members did not protest on the field as it should have been. But it gradually engaged CPB, Awami NAP and other parties to fan a movement protesting the carnage. Afterwards, Banglabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina beefed up the protests after she returned home. She also helped the trial of the culprits. Bangladesh started resorting to hitting the right track of development after Hasina assumed power. And it is still on the same way. But an anti-Liberation War reactionary quarter is crafting plots against the country. It is unfortunate that the government is negotiating with Khelafat-e-Majlish and Hefazat-e-Islam and even with Jamaat in breach of the pro-Liberation War spirit. No reactionary quarters will be able to divert Bangladesh from its ideology regardless of their conspiracies. The people are aware enough. The latest protests demanding road safety is a massive evidence of that. The people of Bangladesh never accept injustice. They will keep on fighting injustice. We believe that we will win the battle, not the reactionary quarters.
The ideology of Liberation War and Bangabandhu is ahead us. Everybody speaks of his ideology and we are more or less following that. Efforts are on to derail us from the track through various tricks, which will not be possible in the end. Our mission to build Bangladesh based on the ideology of Liberation War and Bangabandhu will keep rolling. The Liberation War has not ended; it is still going on and will continuing—this is what we believe in. Based on an interview by Ashiq Rahman, translated by Sayeed Muhammad