Staff Reporter:
Former Acting President, former Speaker of Parliament and BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar was laid to rest at the Parliament graveyard following his namaz-e-janaza at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban yesterday.
Sircar was buried with state honours after the second janaza held following Asr prayers inside the en-trance tunnel of the Parliament complex, as inclement weather forced the venue to be shifted from the South Plaza.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman joined the janaza along with cabinet members, lawmakers, senior politi-cal leaders, government officials and members of Sircar’s family.
Following the janaza, a wreath was first placed on Sircar’s coffin on behalf of President Mohammed Shahabuddin by his Military Secretary Major General ASM Bahauddin.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman then paid his last respects by placing a wreath on the coffin.
He also laid another wreath on behalf of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), accompanied by party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and other senior party leaders.
Speaker Major (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram, Deputy Speaker Barrister Kaiser Kamal, Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni and other whips, as well as officials of the Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat, also paid their respects by placing wreaths.
After the wreath-laying ceremony, Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, LGRD Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Opposition Leader and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman, and Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni recalled Sircar’s long political career and his contributions to the country and Parliament.
Earlier in the day, Parliament expressed profound grief over Sircar’s death.
Lawmakers from both the treasury and opposition benches paid tribute to the veteran politician, followed by a one-minute silence and special prayers for the eternal peace of his departed soul.
