politician Abul Mansur Ahmad fought hard against social prejudices and religious bigotry throughout his life

Writer and politician Abul Mansur Ahmad fought hard against social prejudices and religious bigotry throughout his life and he will be considered one of the unforgettable entities of the history of the Language Movement, noted a group of writers and researchers at a discussion on Friday. 
In the early forties, when the demand for Pakistan was gaining support Abul Mansur foresaw the issue and wrote that the lingua franca of East Pakistan must be Bangla, and no other language, they added.
They came up with the observations while addressing a discussion titled ‘Language Movement and Thoughts of Abul Mansur Ahmed’ organised by Abul Mansur Ahmed Memorial Committee at the Abdul Karim Sahityabisharad Auditorium at Bangla Academy in Dhaka.
Emeritus professor Anisuzzaman said Abul Mansur was vocal against oppression, backwardness of society and he was secular.
Mansur had significant contribution to the rise of political and cultural consciousness of Bengali Muslims. In his youth, he participated in different social and cultural movements and in his later years, he blossomed as a writer, a journalist, a politician and most importantly as a social worker, he added.
Professor Mansur Musa said Abul Mansur’s satires like Aina, and Food Conference in the field of literature and two autobiographical writings — Atma Katha and Amar Dekha Rajnitir Panchash Bachhar in the field of history, are important and should get highest level of appreciation. 
Dhaka University teacher Mohammad Azam said Abul Mansur was anti-imperialist from his childhood and he began his political carrier opposing the British occupation of his motherland.