‘Religion for individuals, festivals for all’

Staff Correspondent: Chief Justice (CJ) Syed Mahmud Hossain said religion is for individuals but festivals are for all and wished success for all on the occasion of Saraswati Puja.

The chief justice said these while addressing a bani archana programme at the Supreme Court Bar Auditorium here on Sunday.

“I think festivals are for all and that is why I came here to attend this festival. This puja is being observed here (Supreme Court Bar) for long and I came here almost every time. I will come in the future too,” Mahmud Hossain said.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said the history of communal harmony in our country is thousand years old, adding, “I wish people, irrespective of castes, creeds and religions, enjoy this occasion and becomes a single soul marking this festival.”

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Advocate Zainul Abedin said, “The SCBA remains always above the religious fanaticism. We think Bangladesh is for all and this SCBA is also for all. That’s why we observe the day with great joy.”

Presided over by Supreme Court Bar Association Bani Archana Udjapon Parishad convener Advocate Shashthi Sarker, the function was also addressed, among others, by Justice Obaidul Hassan, Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore, Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Advocate Zainul Abedin and General Secretary AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon.

Saraswati Puja or Basant Panchami falls on the fifth day of the Bengali month of Maagh each year when Hindus worship goddess Saraswati, the goddess of learning, to mark the coming of spring.


risingbd/Dhaka/Feb 10, 2019/Mahidi/AI