They said it would not have been possible to achieve victory in the War of Liberation if the Mujibnagar Government was not formed with Tajuddin Ahmed as prime minister.

The discussion was organised by the Committee to Eliminate the Killers and Collaborators of the Liberation War at Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) auditorium in the city with Justice KM Sobhan in the chair.

Committee Vice-president Prof Muntasir Mamun said former law minister Moudud Ahmed had deleted from the constitution the Proclamation of Independence announced by the Mujibnagr Government on that day.

It should be restored and those involved with such heinous act should be punished, he said.

Justice Sobhan said the Proclamation of Independence is a constitutional document and those who had removed it must be brought under sedition charge.

Acting president of the committee Journalist Shahriar Kabir urged the caretaker government to form a commission and tribunal to bring the war criminals to book.

He said dispute has been created over the declaration of independence only to distort the real history of the Liberation War.

Pointing to Jamaat-e-Islami Party, Chairman of Bangladesh Heritage Foundation Wali-Ur Rahman said, "Those who opposed the Liberation War are still very strong and we should fight them intellectually."

Air Vice-Marshal (retd) AK Khondokar, Lt Col (retd) Abu Osman Chowdhury, former cabinet secretary of Mujibnagar Government HT Imam and Simin Hossain Rimi, daughter of Tajuddin Ahmed, also spoke.