Dear Mr. Reza, loosing all moral and legal ground Khaleda Zia must vacate the cantt house.
The law of the land is equally applicable for all citizen of the country. Yes, the government could award property or financial aid to anyone for specific reason but that has to go through due process of law. There are no second thoughts in anyone's mind that slain President Bir Uttom Gen. Ziaur Rahman's Widow Khaleda Zia deserves a residence as a devastated destitute family with two young juvenile Tareq Rahman and Arafat Rahman Coco. It was a compulsion to the nation to do arrange a house and provide financial help to Gen. Zia's bereaved family.
However, there is not a single shred of evidence that Khaleda Zia or BNP can produce which points to Bangladesh government ever allocated Shaheed Moinul Shorok residence to Khaleda Zia widow of then slain President Gen. Ziaur Rahman within legal framework of the country. However, Gen. Zia himself was occupying this house illegally. This house belongs to Chief of Army Staff, the day Gen. Zia was sworn in as President he should have vacated this house, but he did not because Zia the first military dictator of our country essentially showed his middle finger to the rule of law.
I personally have seen Bangladesh government cabinet meeting minutes, which is now available to all journalists in Bangladesh. Three cabinet meeting took place in a span of 12 June 1981 to June 15 1982. From these meetings the then Bangladesh government decided to give A house to destitute widow of slain President Gen. Ziaur Rahman.
Nevertheless, BNP is making an outcry on government move on illegal allotment cancelation of Khaleda Zia's Shaheed Moinul Shorok residence and honoring the legal allotment of a modern resident in the most posh residential area Gulshan.
To understanding the entire matter from the aspect of legal framework, we must rise ourselves above our personal sensation and refuge to rule of law. Let us analyze I what premises she got this hose in Dhaka Cantonment and whether she got it under the law of the land or not.
Just to clarify my position it need to be mentioned that I myself is an Awami League activist, therefore naturally it may presume that I might have biasness toward the government decision of cancelation of Khaleda Zia's second residence. I fervently ask the readers NOT TO GO through my rhetoric if any rather to follow the legal evidence and arguments I am putting on.
The premises on which Khaleda Zia widow of slain President Gen. Ziaur Rahman was awarded A residence in Dhaka
According to wikipidia.org, the then President Gen. Ziaur Rahman went on tour to Chittagong on May 29, 1981 to help resolve an intra-party political dispute in the regional BNP. Zia and his entourage stayed overnight at the Chittagong Circuit House, a rest house. In the early hours of the morning of May 30, a group of army officers along with six bodyguards and two aides assassinated him. Click on here for the link [16]
After the sad demise of President Gen. Ziaur Rahman, the then Vice President Justice Abdus Sattar who assumed power following constitutional provision become President of Bangladesh. In an expected course of direction, Government under Justice Abdus Sattar as President decided to come forward to help the destitute family of Khaleda Zia widow of slain President Gen. Ziaur Rahman. To formulate the type of help government can offer, three cabinet meeting took place.
These meeting took place on following date:
First cabinet meeting on the issue took place on June 12 1981
Second cabinet meeting on the issue took place on 19 March 1982
Third cabinet meeting on the issue took place on 15 June 1982
On June 12 1981, the then acting President and defense minister Morhum Justice Abdus Sattar (BNP Government) presided over the first meeting. Meeting minutes describes, government proposed to allocate Gen. Zia's residence for Khaleda Zia.
On 19 March 1982, second cabinet meeting on the issue took place after government learned that Khaleda Zia wished this resident to be converted into a remembrance museum on slain President Gen. Ziaur Rahman.
Upon rejection to the government proposal by Khaleda Zia, second cabinet meeting was called after first meeting's proposal was canceled. Cabinet meeting decided to find a suitable house for her and her family. After cabinet discussion, government decided to award a house at Gulshan consisting 16 Katha land but the house was not handed over as BNP government (Justice Abdus Sattar) was knocked down after a bloodless coup carried out by then Army Chief of Staff Gen. Hossain Mohammad Ershad.
On 15 June 1982 during Gen. Ershad regime, third and final cabinet meeting discussed on the house issue as government stumbled upon some legal challenge by one M.A. Aziz who claimed the awarded house to Khaleda Zia as his property.
To avert the situation government finalized another house for Khaleda Zia in the same neighborhood of Gulshan on June 15 1982 meeting. This time allocated the house to Khaleda Zia, which was more modern, larger as well as consisted of One Bigha 10 Katha 11 Chotak comparing to last reward house of 16 Katha.
According to June 15 1982, cabinet decision government finalized the title document and handed the house to Khaleda Zia widow of slain President Gen. Ziaur Rahman on either 17 or 18 of July of 1982
Yes, during this period of search for a suitable house, Cantonment Board allowed her to remain in the Shaheed Moinul Hossain Shorok residence hoping she will vacate the house after such house is found, but unfortunately, that did not happened. After the search was completed and a ultra modern house in Gulshan consisting One Bigha 10 Katha 11 Chotak was handed with all legal deeds, Khaleda Zia declined to vacate the Shaheed Moinul Shorok house which consist NINE BIGHA GOVERNMENT LAND.
Gen. Hossain Mohammad Ershad tolerated this illegal decline wishing to shun her and BNP waging any problem for his military government. There is no legal paper of ownership of Shaheed Moinul Shorok residence, but tolerance of Gen. Ershad regime where Khaleda Zia found legality. Until today, she and her party BNP trying to get illegal refuge on that tolerance of Gen. Ershad.
Yesterday April 8, 2009 appearing in a RTV talk show ROAD TO DEMOCRACY, BNP-led opposition chief whip Zainal Abedin Faruk said something beyond belief. His uttered irresponsible words can be taken as yardstick to measure where BNP moral and ethics stands today.
Opposition chief whip Zainal Abedin Faruk said, Khaleda Zia is residing in this house since 1981, therefore his ownership to this house becomes legal. He said if anyone holds possession of anything for more then ten years then under he law it becomes his or her property.
How unfortunate we are, the opposition chief whip Zainal Abedin Faruk is speaking in landgrave language. No one expected from opposition Chief Whip a senior leader of the house talking trash. I am wondering if the Opposition Leader of the House also shares the similar wisdom
No government can cancel house awarded to her if she has legal paper work on the house, therefore she can ask shelter of the Supreme Court on this matter if government is doing any unlawful act.
Knowing the legal fallout against her illegal occupation, knowing she does not hold any legal paper as unauthorized occupant of this house she and her party BNP is shun from using legal means and waging the path of movement to compel the government to bog down on her illegal pressure.
It is irony for our nation, a two time Prime Minister, a two term Opposition Leader does not have minimum ethics on how much she should ask from a poor country of her own. When a huge number of citizens have no place to call home, she enjoys two mansion none of which is bought with her family money but the property of citizens of Bangladesh.
After the demise of apparent honest man Gen. Ziaur Rahman, the nation witnessed government run BTV continues put on show about the ordinary lifestyle Gen. Zia used to live in who had nothing but a broken metal trunk and few broken down clothing.
Regretfully today, we know, the then destitute widow of Gen. Ziaur Rahman is so filthy rich that Khaleda Zia a two term Prime Minister of Bangladesh paid Tk 33 lakh to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) under an amnesty offered to tax dodgers to get their undisclosed money legalized.
Her Son Arafat Rahman Koko been sued for earning millions of dollar using extreme corruption and illegal means. Arafat Rahman Koko, the youngest son of slain President Ziaur Rahman not only been sued in Bangladesh but also by foreign government of Singapore and United States of on bribery and money laundering charge.
The US Department of Justice has moved to confiscate nearly $3 million from bank accounts in Singapore, which are allegedly linked to a bribery scandal in Bangladesh, involving Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and slain President Gen. Ziaur Rahman.
One needs nothing to talk about late President Gen. Ziaur Rahmans eldest son Tareq Rahman who is popularly known as Mr. Ten Percent.
One who admired, one who gave their all-out respect for the late President Gen. Zia today legitimately questions, how much is too much. How much Zia family expect from the poor nation to carry for this family. She was allocated with one house in Gulshan expecting she will vacate the other house in cantonment. Khaleda and her two sons got Tk 10 lakh, Tk 1,500 a month in endowment to facilitate studies of her sons until 1986, and one vehicle with fuel and a driver What more she and her family expecting one of the poorest nation on earth!!
Today, Khaleda Zia and her BNP claim the government move of cancelation of illegal allotment is politically motivated. BNP knowingly does not want to understand publicly that their hilarious claim does not hold any water of truth for thirsty people of Bangladesh.
Yes, it would be undoubtedly politically motivated if AL government canceled allotment of Gulshan residence of Khaleda Zia, allotment of which followed all due process of government rules and regulation.
I want to call for readers attention to Khaleda Zia led past four party alliance government's vindictive politically motivated illegal move against Sheikh Rehana daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib.
Today some of her party (BNP) to brass bringing the question of ethics when they find there is no legal ground to claim. Nevertheless, the ethics they are talking about today was nowhere to be found on October 29 of 2001 after BNP assumed state power.
On October 29 of 2001 right after Khaleda came to power canceled a land (not with a mansion like hers) allotment which was given by previous government with full approval of cabinet meeting to Sheikh Rehana one of only two surviving family member of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib. Unfortunately, the vindictive mind of Khaleda Zia and her family could not even tolerate this simple state recognition to the Father of the Nation family member and canceled the allotment.
If BNP today raises question of ethical stand, then a very legitimate question will be, its not just Khaleda Zia but whether her slain husband President Gen. Ziaur Rahman occupying the house was legal or not.
The 2.72-acre mansion(Apx NINE BIGHA) was originally the official home of the army chief, a position held by then Lt Gen Ziaur Rahman who then converted himself into a civilian head of state through martial law proclamations and controversial votes did not vacate this house. Is it not illegal and ethical emptiness on part of late president Gen. Ziaur Rahman to hold military property being a civil governments President.
It is high time for Khaleda Zia and her family to vacate her illegal residence and move to her legal huge mansion of 1.5 Bigha land in Gulshan.
BNP it self lost all its moral ground to claim the situation as moral poverty of AL government. Probably this is where you find the truth of popular fraise – If you spit up, it is going to fall on you.
Sincerely
Shamim Chowdhury
Maryland, USA
Vol. 5 Num 1127 Wed. August 01, 2007
Front Page
Khaleda avails NBR amnesty
Pays Tk 33 lakh tax to legalise undisclosed money
Unb, Dhaka
Ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia yesterday paid Tk 33 lakh to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) under an amnesty offered to tax dodgers to get their undisclosed money legalised.
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, muhammed kareem <kareem871@...> wrote:
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> Excellent postings by both of you. However, I tend to agree more with Ejazur Bhai. AL has come to power after a long time and they must be able to demonstrate that they really believe in change ( a la perstroika).
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> It is not the right time to risk re energising BNP.
> It is not the right time to risk re energising Chatra Dal.
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> > Dhaka, Apr 8 (bdnews24.com)— Exactly a week after the prime minister spoke on the issue in parliament, the cabinet decided Wednesday to cancel the lease on 6 Moinul Road bungalow in Dhaka cantonment, given away to Khaleda Zia after the May 30, 1981 murder of her husband, BNP "founder" and army chief-turned- president Ziaur Rahman.
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> > "Since Mrs Khaleda Zia was given a second house, on 1.5-bigha in Gulshan, it has been decided to cancel the allotment of the 9-bigha cantonment house," Azad said after a cabinet
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> > Hasina had also announced that her younger sister Sheikh Rehana would hand over to the slain BDR officers' families the one-bigha land in Dhanmondi which she was allotted in 2001.
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> > Khaleda should give the house to the officers' families, Hasina had added.
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> > The prime minister said she checked the minutes of the June 12, 1981 cabinet meeting and found out that it did not allot the house to Khaleda. Instead, it allocated a house to her in Gulshan, Hasina added.
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> > Hasina said the cantonment authorities cannot allocate the house to Khaleda, but they did so violating laws.
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> > To a query of Jatiya Party MP Hafizuddin Ahmed, the prime minister said it was former president HM Ershad who was responsible for allocation of the Mainul Road house to Khaleda.
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> make his bhabi (sister-in-law) (Khaleda) happy," Hasina said.
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> > She said the former prime minister was no more insolvent and in fact, now had crores of taka, and so, she should leave the house.
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> > The prime minister also referred to the assets statement Khaleda had submitted to the Anticorruption Commission and said: "We heard (former president) Ziaur Rahman left nothing for her family.
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> > "But the wealth statement filed shows Ziaur Rahman purchased land in Savar and Uttarkhan in Uttara.
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> > "Why should you, being a political leader, live in the cantonment? You were allotted another house on one-and-a-half- bigha land in Gulshan, why will you keep the army land?"
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> > The premier told the House about the facilities given to Khaleda and her two sons after the assassination of her husband.
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> > She was assigned one house in Gulshan and another in cantonment, she and her
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> > Hasina said Khaleda was now living at the cantonment home renting the Gulshan house and was enjoying all other facilities.
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> > "But my sister and I did not take any state facilities," she pointed out.
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> > Hasina and Rehana lost most of their family including father, independence architect Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to a military putsch on Aug 15, 1975.
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> > "I think she (Khaleda) should leave the house for the sake of democracy," he told reporters in Rangpur, a day after prime minister Sheikh Hasina made the statement.
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> > "I, as the army chief, allotted her the house being concerned about her two sons. If I knew that she would pursue politics there I would not allot it to her."
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> > The Zia family has been living in the house since the early 1970s.
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> > Ziaur Rahman, who was called by local politicians and broadcasters to read out a declaration of independence in late March 1971 on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and became one of the sector commanders in the bloody war that followed, soon shot in to prominence as a senior military figure in the free Bangladesh.
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> > Zia, made deputy of chief of staff to Maj Gen K M Shafiullah, found himself elevated to major general in just two years from a major
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> > The young general, then in late 30s, was propelled into virtual state power after the failed Nov 3-7 coup in 1975. Retired colonel Taher rescued him from captivity but was "rewarded" with a hurriedly pronounced and executed death sentence.
> >
> > Zia removed President A S M Sayem as chief martial law administrator in 1976, appointed himself to the post and then took over as head of state.
> >
> > The house became Sena Bhaban, the official residence of the chief of the army chief, when Zia was given the job.
> >
> > Even when he formally left the army and began functioning as a civilian president, he continued to occupy the army house. Before retiring, Zia had promoted himself to the rank of lieutenant general.
> >
> > His sudden departure from the scene when he was murdered by a group of alleged mutineers created a wave of national
> sympathy for the family. Known for his financial propriety, Zia apparently left nothing behind for his two sons—Tarique and Arafat Rahman— and widow Khaleda.
> >
> > In 1981, the BNP government led by Abdus Sattar gave away the nine-bigha house to her. In 1982, after his March 24 takeover, Lt Gen Ershad gifted the 1.5-bigha Gulshan house to ensure, as the former military ruler said on Thursday, a regular source of income for the family of his predecessor.
> >
> > bdnews24.com/ pc/gna/1648h
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > To: alochona@yahoogroup s.com
> > > From: rah@
> > > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:22:36 +0700
> > > Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] Re: Remembrance of Shahid Zia and cantonment house
> > >
> > > This type of language shows you are a chicken heart person, Try
> > > to be broadminded. Try to do something for the future. We have
> > > many
> problems like
> > > 1.Drinking water of Dhaka city and other rural areas.Due to water
> > > we are now attached by many sort of disease, so health and
> > > medical problem.
> > > 2.Educational institutions are closing day by day.
> > > 3.Traffic problem
> > > 4. Electricity problem
> > > 5. MAnpower are back from foreign countries so they may create
> > > accomodation, traffic , food scarcity.
> > > So think positively.
> > >
> > > Thanks & Sorrow
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:59:10 +0000, J.A. Chowdhury wrote
> > > > Don't worry guys, Kheleda must be remove from Cantonment.
> > > >
> > > > Give some times,BAL govt. must be cancell govt allotment
> > > > of Kheleda's
> > > >
> > > > house at 6 Moinul Road, like as BNP did Hasina Rehena
> > > > house in
> 2001.Hasina govt.
> > > >
> > > > should not forget that.
> > > > If BNP can cancel govt allocation why not Awami League?
> > > >
> > > > So wait and see.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > J.A.Chowdhury
> > > >
> > > > > To: alochona@yahoogroup s.com
> > > > > From: m_musa92870@ yahoo.com
> > > > > Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:21:41 +0000
> > > > > Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: Remembrance of Shahid Zia and
> > > cantonment house
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anybody show any single country where a politician, who
> > > is also the
> > > > > leader of one of the top political parties, permanently lives
> > > inside
> > > > > cantonment? Any civilized countries? Even the not-so-
> > > civilized
> ones?
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroup s.com, Mahathir of BD
> > > > > <wouldbemahathirofb d @...> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > can anyone show any single problem for her doing plitics
> > > living
> > > > > within cantonment?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ? ( ) , ? , ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- On Sat, 4/4/09, musasarkar m_musa92870@ ... wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > From: musasarkar m_musa92870@ ...
> > > > > > Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: Remembrance of Shahid Zia and
> > > cantonment house
> > > > > > To: alochona@yahoogroup s.com
> > > > > > Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 5:36 PM
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I 100% agree with your "Let her resign the leadership of
> > > BNP." If
> > > > > > anybody wants to stay inside the cantonment, he or she
> > > cannot do
> > > > > > politics. This should apply to anybody.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroup s.com, "ezajur"
> > > <ezajur.rahman@ ...> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Dear Alochok Mosharaf
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hasina's small minded thinking is obvious in this issue.
> > > Mean minded
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > > shameless. It can easily be countered that Khaleda can
> > > keep her
> > > > > > >
> cantonment home in honour of her husband.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > But you should also remember that Ziaur Rahman is waiting
> > > to whip
> > > > > you
> > > > > > > with a belt when he finally gets to see you. For whilst
> > > he might
> > > > > like
> > > > > > > the notion of honouring him by giving his wife a
> > > cantonment home he
> > > > > > must
> > > > > > > disgusted that you think youl honour him by making his
> > > wife Prime
> > > > > > > Minister!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Let her stay in the cantonment. Let her resign the
> > > leadership of
> > > > > BNP.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Let BNP move forward for God's sake!
> > > > > >
> >
> > > > > > > Ezajur Rahman
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Kuwait
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroup s.com, mosharraf khan
> > > mosharrafkhokon@
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Dear brothers & sisters,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Greetings from the heart of Bangladesh.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > If the widow of retd. Army Chief
> couldn't reside within
> > > > > > > > the cantonment, how the widow of shahid Army officers
> > > will reside?
> > > > > > Is
> > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > place only for the widows?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > As I heard that Shahid Zia had been resided in that
> > > house till
> > > > > > > > to death from became a major to be the Army Chief,
> > > President. The
> > > > > > > remembrance
> > > > > > > > of Shadhinotar Ghoshok, Shahid President Ziaur Rahman
> > > should be
> > > > > keep
> > > > > > > up by any
> > > > > > > > cost like the 32 no. house & Tongipara of Bangladesher
> > >
> Sthopoti
> > > > > > > Bangobandhu
> > > > > > > > Sheikh Mujibar Rahman. We have also seen in the past
> > > how the
> > > > > Bailey
> > > > > > > bridge was
> > > > > > > > shifted from Zia Uddan to Hobiganj.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > In near future we are going to be keeping the
> > > remembrance
> > > > > > > > of Khaleda Bibi & Hasina Bubu!!!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > We request to all
> > > > > > > > please refrain from vindictive activities and build our
> > > beloved
> > > > > > > Bangladesh
> > > > >
> > > > together.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks & Regards,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Mosharraf Khokon
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Poet, Organizer
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Secretary General, WPM
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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