Sajeda Chowdhury no more

Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Deputy Leader of the Parliament, has passed away on Sunday night. She was 87.

She breathed her last around 11:40pm at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka
Sajeda Chowdhury, an Awami League presidium member whose health had deteriorated significantly on Friday, was admitted to CMH.

The veteran politician is survived by three sons, one daughter, a host of relatives and admirers. Her husband Golam Akbar Chowdhury died in November 2015. 

Sajeda Chowdhury, who was elected parliament member several times from Faridpur-2 constituency, was a valiant freedom fighter and one of the organizers of the Liberation War.

She was sick for several years. 

Her body will be taken to her constituency Nagarkanda in Faridpur from Dhaka this afternoon. After namaj-e- janaza there, the body will be brought back to Dhaka. Her namaj-janaza will also be held at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad. 

She will be laid to eternal rest at Banani graveyard. 

Born in 1935, Sajeda Chowdhury joined the politics of AL in the fifties.

After the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975, she played an important role in keeping the AL organized at a critical moment. 

In 1976, Sajeda Chowdhury became the AL’s acting general secretary. Later she was the party’s full general secretary from 1986 to 1992. Before that, she was the general secretary of Mahila Awami League from 1969 to 1975.