Declaration of Independence: A Shabaleg (Mature) Verdict By Nabaleg (immature) Judges! By Mohammed Giashuddin Who did and how the declaration of our independence was aired is an undoubted piece of our history, yet it has been made debatable time and gain by the group who demand and think they own everything good of Bangladesh. And on the other hand, every bad things comes from BNP-Jamat-Shibir or albadar-rajakers. The issue was clear like the broad-day-light of Summer. Yet, The-All-Credit-Grabber-AwamiLeague made the history very muddy. While they failed to establish that Sheik Mujib did the Declaration before his arrest, despite lakhs of lies and made up stories in the style of Goebel, they eventually took the matter to the court. Whatever mean way they try and even through the verdict of the court they can't mystify the minds of the people who heard and know by their all best senses, who did the job without even thinking what would happen if their fight fails. The government got what they longed for long-years. They are too happy and celebrating the verdict. The court verdict on this crystal-clear fact compounded the debate and outraged and more divided the nation. The verdict-giver bench didn't put on any liniment, rather caustic on the sore. Kadombbini Moria Prom an Korilo Je Shey Morey Nai…. Aar Aamder Biggah Bicharakddhay Tader ay Rayer Maddhame Balovabe-e Proman Korilo Je Aameder Bichar Bivaag Motei Shwadin Noy. Why do others and I say like that? Were the judges biased or influenced by the government? Of course. Maybe that they were intimidated and government has sent their own hand-written verdict to the judges to read for Hasina likewise they claim Zia read the Declaration of Independence in favor of Sheik Mujib. Oh my dear Bangladesh! how much and many lies we have to hear! Oh my golden Bengal, just seal my ears with your pure solid gold so that no more lies I have to listen in the rest of my life. If judges have not been compelled to read Awami-written verdict, then how come the spoke-person Gopalganj minister, Mr. Faroque just one or two days before the verdict, declared that not only the war-criminals must face punishment but also the people who were involved in distorting the history have to face punishment. How did he get the exact verdict just one or two days before the judges read the verdict in their chamber! We should note especially 2nd part of the verdict that says government can punish those who distorted the history. It looks like the verdict of a Royal or Dictatorial Court, not a court of democratic country. It seems from now on, the historian must seek guideline from government or court before they dare to pen any page of history books. If judges were not tempered before the verdict, then I have to say, this decision may seem very mature and land-mark to one party but the judges were perhaps immature (Naabaleg), at the time when declaration was actually made in 1972 March. I guess not they had grown up beard and moustache at that time. If they had been of mature age (Baaleg) at that time like thousands/lakhs of people who heard the declaration by their own ears, they would also have heard the historic declaration of Zia and the verdict would have been different. If the esteemed judges had been sound and neutral they should not have taken the case or could squash the case saying that issue of contention, who was declarer was or is the job of historians, not the judges. The verdict was, of course, a bad instance of dictating the historians how they should write history. The court role on this sensitive issue tells us that the so called best step of establishing independent judiciary by PIG (Paramilitary Interim Government) of Fakhruddin and Moinuddin was nothing but travesty of truth. A fish starts dying at the head, so is a society. Our society has started decaying long before. The judges are the head of the headmen of our educated enlightened society. Now the way how our justice system is running and how the judges are behaving, we can say we are no longer alive in any part of body-society.. It needs to be buried like Michael Jackson the King of Pop without the brain allowing the investigators find out the cause of sad demise. Our justice system has got completely demoralized, especially after introduction of care-taker system of government. Even the most junior judges who just get the appointment letter as judge start dreaming to be the Care-Taker chief at the end of their retirement and start molding them and manipulating the system to be in the good book of political government, And thus they get crafted and corrupted with the golden carrot of chief executive of the country ahead of their noses even if for only just 90 days. Moreover, historically the process of selecting our judges is fundamentally flawed and does not allow the best, honest or the people of integrity and intelligence to be selected as judges and there is a profuse probability of getting bad people as judges. The people are losing trust and faith from every place. If the judges continue their misdemeanor we will see people will rise against them as we had seen in the late sixty's when they came out to the street against judges and chanted slogan " Bicharpoti Tomar Bichar Korbe Jaara Aaj Jegeche Shei Janata." They may now get out to the street again and say " Hey Ottachari Tomaar Chokh Jata Rangabe Amaar Chokh Tauto Futbey, Tomar Bandan Jata Shaktay Hobe Amaar Bandan Tauto Tutbey." I will now try to say I how look at the issue of the debate albeit it shouldn't have been such. When people say Sheik Mujib was the declarer of Independence I can't resist laughing at the stupidity and cupidity of taking all the credits for their idolized leader. If late Sheik Mujib had been reincarnated now to his beloved Bangladesh he would have definitely resented at the weird behavior of his stone-headed fans. He would have cursed them and disciplined them saying Suarer Doall [ because this two-words phrase was the curse of his choice], "what are you doing; by making up stories after stories of my imaginary declaration you are disgracing and demeaning me; I myself don't know about it and don't recall when I had that proclamation, If I had to declare independence I didn't have to send any message to far-away Chittagong to the third or 4th category leaders. There were my immediate 1st tier leaders all around me at Dhaka. I could have made a telephone call to them or I could send the declaration message to the news-paper offices. Dr.Kamal and Amirul Islam had left my house about an hour before my arrest. I was anxiously waiting day-long for the phone call of Pizada Abdul Hamid. Having no phone call I was disappointed and told Barrister Kamal and Amirul Islam at their request to flee, I am not fleeing and you go and look for protected shelters for yourselves. If I would have decided to declare independence I could draft better declaration than what you moron, are trying to sell in my name. So please stop selling this non-sense stuff in my name. Even if I had not made any declaration, I was the soul and strength of our liberation war. I was your leader but I was also a human. And so I made many mistakes and I was the one among you; please don't try to make me superhuman , the subject of perpetual mockery and fun even after my demise." Now I just one to ask the judges who had the historic verdict and the followers of the leader of independence, were you guys more closer in relationship with Shiek Mujib than his dearest wife late Mrs. Fazilattenessa? Mrs. Mujib had a pretty long interview/write-up published in printed media within few months of independence,. There she described in length what happened in the month of March 1971 and especially on the fateful day and night of 25th March. She never made any mention of the so called declaration by Sheik Mujib. If you guys are truthful, then Sheik Mujib and his wife were not truthful or demented. The other important document I do allude here is the Sheik Mujib's ever longest interview with British political journalist Sir David Frost. In that interview on 16th January 1972, Sheik Mujib was debriefed every detail of the tumultuous March , the fateful 25th March and his 9-month long jailed life in Pakistan. Mr. Frost asked him what happened at that night, how he was arrested and how he stepped out of his house with Pakistani Army. There Sheik Mujib didn't say anything about his fake declaration or any guideline or instruction he left behind to the nation. But he didn't forget to say how he stepped out stoking farewell kiss to the cheek of his loving wife. Here is my million dollar question, was Sheik more a poet than a politician that he forgot the most important political event of declaration of independence while he didn't the HISTORIC KISS. All the stories are lies and to establish one lie as true they are making thousands of lies. And even with these Dhanmandi-Lakeful of lies it would be a mere vain attempt to establish that Sheik Mujib was the pro-claimer of independence because we are now almost a century ahead of Goebel's Era. So doing they are belittling Sheik. And they are doing these just to denigrate the historical heroic role of Zia and that it can be said as "Nijer Nak Ketey Onnyer Jatra Banghakora." By the way, one Dr. Joy, a Bangladeshi expatriate in England authored a descriptive book about our liberation war containing mostly pictures of our independence war. In that small volume book he placed three declarations of independence: 1) Mr. Hanan's announced message, 2) Sheik Mujib's another declaration penned by Dr. Mazharul Islam in his "Banghbandhur Attajiboni, and 3) Ziaur Rahman's declaration. Interestingly if these declaration are given to a 3rd grader he/she won't have any difficulty which could be the best as declaration of independence of Bangladesh. The two different versions of Sheik Mujib declarations are so odd that those two declarations even has no mention of the name of Bangladesh. The content of those so called declarations was nothing but the messasge that army had cracked down at Dhaka and a call for resistance. But resistance for what Independence or autonomy and of what land or country. Again if Sheik Mujib had intended to make an independence declaration his 23-year long politics could have enabled him to author at least a modestly acceptable declaration. So, assigning false declaration to deglorify Zia is the meanest of all acts and so doing they are making the national leader Sheik Mujib a play-doll. Judges might have considered the pre-amble of our constitution that have been made to show a consistency with the independence proclamation of our exile government. But those documents are just something of paralegal formality without real truth in them. That exile government had not even any prior guideline from Sheik Mujib what to do, forming exile government or not. What was fact is that Pakistani Army surrendered and we got independence by the grace of great Allah.. Otherwise, our situation could have been like that of Tamil's and Sheik Mujib, Tajuddin and Zia could have been like Provakaran of Tamil Tiger. I want to say something about the question some people raise saying " Zia had the respect for Sheik Mujib. Zia didn't in his life-time claimed that he was the declarer of independence. That is, of course, true that Zia had profound respect for Mujib. Zia was person of humble, stoic and reserved character. He fought for our liberation, not for his being declarer of independence. And how can he do it! What was the odd of the success of his revolt and what was the odd of his survival in this struggle! Zia was not a publicity-prone person. Yet, he clearly said in his article in Dainik Bangla, in his interview with reporter and in his speech in Bangla Academy with the presence of Osmany and other sector commanders how in the critical but opportune moment he started the fight and how he came to the radio station to air the declaration. But can I ask the Mujib-sycophants, is there any such documentation that says Sheik Mujib in his life time claimed about the fake declaration which is constantly being tried to sell in his name? None such is ever existed. Zia started the fight for independence on the early hour of March 26th 1971. And it was the unique unprecedented inspiration to the nation because without army we could not have fight out the Pakistani army with Lathis. Zia had the wisdom and vision and that's why he corrected himself by declaring the independence in the name of Sheik Mujib, otherwise, it would have not acceptance to the people. Despite Sheik Mujib' arrest his leadership was unchallenged. He was the soul, strength and brain of the liberation war. Zia acted as the right hand of our nation-body. With inspiration and incitation from brain center [Mujib], the right hand of the nation rose up with the arms. And in that situation,the body of our liberation war Tajuddin and other colleagues could not remain in inaction. By the act of right hand it was known they have stood up for fight Thus the brain, body and limbs all acted coordinately to accomplish what was due. We may mistake but if we deliberately continue with the mistake of inflating one's role and deflating that of others then we are cheating ourselves. If the captain of any sports team get out of the field throuh ampire's red card or due to injury and then least known player with jersey # 14 field in and get the goal for championship cup.then,who bags the goal and who gets the credit? At at the end of the game captain take the trophh for the team but he can't claim the credit for the goal. The goal credit remains with the name of the player who wears the Jersy no 14. Our Awami friends when they find no solid evidence in the soil of Bangladesh in favor of Sheik Mujib's declaration, they run after the stories of the foreign archives and museums. How big-headed they are! Doesn't those stories look like "Maar Kache Maamar Barir Galpo?". If the stories of Pakistani Major Siddique Salik and others would have been true about Sheik Mujib he had been traitor, MirJafar and seditious leader and would have been hanged long ago for Agartola Conspiracy Case. There is no any solid evidence that proves Sheik Mujib had the declaration and also there is no doubt about that Zia did the job. Even Zia's enemies agree with it but the problem is they have death pledge not to give credit or real-time importance of that declaration. That's the true irony of them. Mohammed Giashuddin E Mail : jacobi2007@gmail.com |
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