Independence Day celebration now turns into a commodity
Mujahidul Islam Selim is a veteran leftist politician from Bangladesh. He was a former president of Bangladesh Communist Party and has been associated with left-leaning politics since his student days. He played a significant role in the Liberation War of 1971 and served as the president of a student union. In independent Bangladesh, he was elected as the vice president of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) in its first election after liberation. He studied economics at Dhaka University. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1993, he has held various leadership positions within the Bangladesh Communist Party, either as the general secretary or president. Currently, he serves as a member of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Communist Party. Recently, he discussed various trends and transformations regarding the celebration of Independence Day in an interview with Rahat Minhaz, Assistant Professor of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Jagannath University. On March 23 in 2024, the interview took place over Zoom.