President Sheikh Mujib's Death:Tajuddin's Prophecy Abid Bahar, Canada Tajuddin warned Mujib not to impose the one party system to have more power when he is already the most powerful person in the government. M. A. S. Molla records the Mujib-Tajuddin encounter from Abu Said Chowdhury records. Molla says keeping Mr Syed by his side Tajuddin told Mujib: "I think I must talk to you on some important matters. Some people encircle you in your office in a way that I would not have opportunity to talk to you there, and the environment there is also not congenial. That is why I am using this red telephone for the purpose. You are going to establish a one-party rule, but I told you many times about my reservation. Today I am registering my conclusive opinion. I do not agree to your one-party system. Please tell me why you should go this way."(1) "Tajuddin listened for some time to what Mujib was saying. Then again he was speaking: "First, I am not convinced by your logic. Secondly, this is not my question. This is my statement. As the prime minister, you have enough power in your hands, and I think that you don't need to have a one-party system, or any other change like that. Thirdly, you and I together traversed the country for long 25-30 years, and there is no field or place where we did not go. There we delivered speeches hoping for a happy and prosperous country based on democracy. The democracy for which we talked so much will end through a single stroke of your pen, establishing a one-party system. I am very strongly disagreeing to your decision."(2) This time Mujib got angry. Mr Syed wrote that Mujib's fury was heard even outside the telephone receiver. But Tajuddin calmly uttered: "By taking this step you are closing all the doors to remove you peacefully from your position. Mujib Bhai, the most unfortunate event will be that the bullet will not hit you alone. We shall also be killed and the nation will plunge into danger."(3) It is now clear especially from Tajuddin and others prediction that behind the coup leaders was the shadow of a lingering fascism that certainly killed Mujib. The Shadow was Mujib himself. He was a power hungry man who inspired by the Indra Congress syndicate wanted everything for him even when he didn't deserve many of them. We know that intellectually he was not so bright. As simple as his hand-written Bengali correspondences in the archives were found to be full of syntax problems. He died 30 long years ago but during AL rule he is reincarnated over and again as the "Father of the nation." What is needed is to discount the shadow (fascism) the major killer in Bangladesh politics. The shadow is Mujib himself (the political actor and an abusive political father) the AL leadership continues to worship as the "Father of the Nation," a model of hero-worship used perhaps for the AL's symbolic ownership of the nation is a worrisome thing for a future democratic Bangladesh. As like most fascist regimes, the AL leadership doesn't allow the investigation of its own misdeeds and doesn't tolerate opposition or even intellectual debates. New Age staff correspondent FM Masum was lately picked and beaten up by the Rapid Action Battalion in detention for more than 10 hours and a half.(5) "Even the military regime did not harass us as much." References: (1)M A S Molla,Tajuddin's prophecy, Daily Star, November 03, 2006 http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/11/03/d611031503110.htm; Abu Syed Choudhury, Tajuddin in Prothom Alo Eid issue of 2005 (2)Ibid (3) Ibid (4) N.M. Harun, The country is in a somber mood, Financial Express, http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=84535 (5) http://www.newagebd.com/2009/nov/06/nov06/xtra_inner5.html Abid Bahar, Canada E mail :abidbahar@yahoo.com http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=294334 |
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