Lalon was against discrimination: adviser Farida

Entertainment Desk :: Fisheries and livestock ministry adviser Farida Akhter said that Lalon Shah raised his voice against all sorts of discrimination 134 years back.

‘This Bengali philosopher and Baul saint [Lalon Shah] had spoken against all sorts of discrimination 134 years ago, she said Thursday night while speaking at Lalon Akhra at Chheuriya of Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia as chief guest.

Marking the 134th death anniversary of Fakir Lalon Shah, the most prominent figure of country’s Baul tradition, Farida Akhter inaugurated the Lalon festival with Lalon academy president and acting deputy commissioner of Kushtia Sharmin Akhtar in chair.

The adviser urged Lalon academy for preservation and research of all the speeches of Lalon Shah so that the next generation can know him properly.

Lalon academy organised the festival in collaboration with the ministry of cultural affairs and district administration.

At the inauguration ceremony, secretary of the ministry of fisheries and livestock Sayeed Mahmood Belal Haider, poet, writer and philosopher Farhad Mazhar, former member of parliament heroic freedom fighter Syed Mehdi Ahmed Roomy and superintendent of police Md Mizanur Rahman, among others, were present.

Professor of Bangla department at Islamic University Md Rashiduzzaman was present as the main discussant.