[ALOCHONA] Re: Zia Veneration and Hallucination of A Obaid Chowdhury

Obaid Chowdhury is probably hallucinating and Zia veneration probably should be rejected.

But by the same token many a man hallucinates about Sheikh Mujib and engages in unseemly Mujib veneration.

Thats why so many see a seemless transition from Mujib to Hasina to Rehana to Joy.

The truth is the cult of personality should be rejected outright on all sides.

It is no good for anyone.

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Shamim Chowdhury <veirsmill@...> wrote:
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> Zia Veneration and Hallucination of A Obaid Chowdhury
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> Under the influence of hallucination, one who standing under the boiling sun settling to the middle of the sky fails to understand the existence of the sun and dares to compare it with candle light, writer A Obaid Chowdhury is one of that kinds who reminds me of Bangla vernacular GANZAR NOUKA PAHAR BAIYA ZAY!
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> Similar to others of his Jatiotabadi Jihadi kind who has taken puff out of same KOLKI has tried to establish this wacky bizarre story of Major. Zia proclaimed the independence of Bangladesh on March 27, 1971 though Maj. Zia himself never thought of claiming this even in his wildest martial dream until his last breath.
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> Gen. Zia’s government on February 13, 1979, constituted an authentication committee for writing and printing history of the Liberation War. Dr Mofizullah Kabir was the committee Chairman and Hasan Hafizur Rahman as Member Secretary. The books published by this committee in November 1982 and again reprinted in December of 2003. Both editions said Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared independence on March 26, 1971.
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> If Gen. Ziaur Rahman claimed to be the author of proclamation of independence then why did his own constituted history of Bangladesh liberation war authentication committee of Dr. Mofizullah Kabir and Hasan Hafizur Rahman put Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahmans name as the author of proclamation of independence which was announced over the radio (Shadhin Bangla Biplobi Betar Kendro) by then Major Ziaur Rahman on March 27 1971 who happened to be the third person who had read the same proclamation since March 26 of 1971.
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> Beside that, Mr. A Obaid Chowdhury forgot, the Proclamation of Independence, which is part of our sacred constitution, also acclaims Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s call for independence on March 26, 1971 as the legal instrument of our independence war.
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> Making superfluous comparison between unparallel leader of then East Pakistan and later acclaimed Father of the Nation of independent Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with Z force military commander during liberation war and later on Bangladesh’s First Military Dictator and Chief Martial Law Administrator is not just uncalled pointless debate but a malicious attempt of Anti Liberation forces to re-write the independence history of Bangladesh. Only people taking puff on grass can come up with this malice story to glorify Zia which Zia himself did not dare to claim.
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> It was not military strongman Gen. Zia, but his widow Khaleda Zia who as Prime Minister of Jamaat-BNP alliance government appointed BNP-Jamaat sycophant Rejaul Karim, Prof M Moniruzzaman Mia, Prof Emazuddin Ahmed, Barrister Moinul Hossain, Dr Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, Prof Sirajul Islam, Prof KM Mohsin, Prof Abul Kalam Monjur Morshed and Prof Jasim Uddin Ahmed to re-write the history of liberation war.
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> In June of 2004, Khaleda Zia appointed committee published the books giving an intentional erroneous report of the declaration of independence showing Maj. Ziaur Rahman as the proclaimer of independence where he (Maj. Zia) himself conferred the position of provisional head of the state to his own credit on March 27, 1971.
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> What a silly thinking, as if people of then East Pakistan keep waiting TWO DAYS for a messiah (Zia) to come and rescue them. Fools have no idea that common people, Bengali military personal, Bengal Regiment, East Pakistan Rifles, Police forces and even Ansar Battalion across the country revolted at the first hour of Operation Search Light strikes the soil of Bangladesh at mid night of March 25, 1971.
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> There was a huge outburst of anger among common people and historians who went to the court demanding to overturn this dimwitted start to finish lie by anti liberation Jamaat-e-Islami influenced BNP alliance government.
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> High Court bench comprising of Justice ABM Khairul Haque and Justice Mamtazuddin Ahmed dismissed BNP-Jamaat sycophant claim of Mej. Zia as proclaimer of independence. In a epoch making judgment, the High Court ruled that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, not Ziaur Rahman, proclaimed the republic’s independence on March 26, 1971. The proclamation was relayed by Kalurghat Betar Kendra (radio centre) in Chittagong .
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> The High Court bench observed that the Proclamation of Independence published on April 10, 1971 by then government of Mujib Nagar, states beyond doubt that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made the declaration of independence. Further, the proclamation is protected by article 150 of the constitution and thus cannot be changed at will. The court also declared illegal and unconstitutional the publications of the third volume of the books titled ‘Swadhinata Juddho: Dalilpatra' (The Liberation War of Bangladesh: Documents) during BNP-Jamaat alliance government. It directed the government to confiscate the books painting late president Ziaur Rahman as declarer of independence. Besides, it directed the government to stop sale, distribution and reprint of the books at home and abroad. The bench said the government might take initiative to bring to trial those involved in attempts to establish an untrue version of the Liberation War. It observed that the
> persons responsible have in fact committed an offence against the nation and the constitution.
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> Now the million-dollar question is why Khaleda Zia’s BNP did what Gen. Zia’s BNP did not dare to do. Answer is desperation, there was no alternative for BNP to survive politically simply banking on a dead mans image who has no role on long struggle of Bangladesh other then a halftime Sector Commander and half time Z Force commander. BNP took this lesson out of total melt away process of Bhashani Nap almost immediately after the death of a popular leader Maulana Bhashani.
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> BNP needed a glorifying image of Gen. Zia in the history of Bangladesh to rescue his image being villainous first military dictator of Bangladesh who has direct involvement with almost all political killing that took place from August 15, 1975 until his death. Gen. Ziaur Rahman did not even spare Col. Tahers life (hanged him after a few hours of camera trial) who happened to be his savior without whose help he could not be any body but a dead body right on November 3, 1975.
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> A Obaid Chowdhury and his brand will make every effort to cook distorted facts as history, which surely will go unproductive, and truth will prevail. Now or hundred years down the road, law of the land will always find Gen. Zia guilty of being an illegal military dictator just like the recent epoch making high court and supreme court verdict which nullified all his martial law regulation (Cancelation of 5th amendment of constitution) and declared his regime illegitimate and illegal. Interestingly court called Gen. Zias regime illegal and illegitimate during the prime minister ship of her widow Khaleda Zia. This verdict of quashing Gen. Zias regime by the highest court endorses another vernacular Bangla phrase DHORMER KOL BATASHA NORA.
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> Shamim Chowdhury
> Maryland, USA
> February 23, 2010
> Email: veirsmill @yahoo.com
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> Hasina’s Zia Phobia
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> By A Obaid Chowdhury
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> In a cabinet meeting on February 15, 2010, the ‘mohajote’ government led by Awami League decided that anything bearing the name of the late president Ziaur Rahman would be eliminated, be that Zia International Airport or the name Ziaur Rahman in school textbooks. The decision was said to be in compliance with the Supreme Court verdict to void the 5the amendment of the constitution. Earlier, Zia’s announcement of independence in March 1971 was nullified by another court order. Yet earlier, Zia’s murals and pictures had been destroyed or erased from public places. The people in general did not seem to approve these vindictive partisan behaviors. It was a manifestation of immaturity and politics of hatred, they remarked. One may not be surprised if the Zia Mazaar is destroyed, renamed or reassigned to someone else!
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> There is an old saying that British Parliament can do anything except making a man a woman and vice versa. Looks like the current mohajote parliament can do even that. If it declares Prime Minister Hasina is a man, the decision will be ram-rolled irrespective of public acceptance. It seems to the parliament, to the government as well as to the judiciary of today, logic or relevance does not matter! If it says Zia did not exist, so be it. If there was no Zia, there should be no Zia Mazaar either. Hasina had already made insinuating remarks to the effect that Zia Mazaar was a fake one; it did not contain Zia’s body. Who dares challenge one who has almost 90% ownership of the parliament and who virtually thinks ‘I am the law’! However, 70 million voters---majority of whom rejected Awami League in the last elections--will keep counting for their time to come again, nonetheless.
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> The Zia phobia in Sheikh Hasina and her cohorts can perhaps be explained by a few factors, within and outside.
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> Zia outdid Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by declaring the independence of Bangladesh on March 27, 1971. Mujib himself never disputed that historic reality, although his grudge against Zia was displayed by appointing Zia’s junior K M Safiullah as the army chief. Mujib followers, however, could never digest the fact that an unknown ‘Major Zia’ stole the show by making that announcement which they thought ought to have come from their supreme leader. Let us revisit our recent past history.
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> Nobody denies Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s contribution to the independence of Bangladesh . He ascended the position of an undisputed leader in East Pakistan in the late 1960s through his 6-Point program that was primarily crafted for the autonomy of East Pakistan . Never did he say a word about an independent East Pakistan or Bangladesh . Even his famous March 7, 1971 speech fell short of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI). That the March 7 speech could not be considered an UDI was borne by the fact that Sheikh Mujib went on to negotiate with the Pakistani military junta from March 15 to 24, 1971 in Dhaka favoring an unified Pakistan . In fact, it was Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani who first hinted of an independent East Pakistan as early as in 1957 and spoke it finally in December 1970.
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> On March 1, 1971, President Yahya Khan postponed the inaugural session of the new parliament, to be held in Dhaka in two days. The student leaders and a section of Awami League had since been pressurizing Mujib to make the UDI. Mujib refused to do any such thing, not even on March 7, despite generation of much public hype on that day. He finished his 17- minute speech with Joy Bangla and Joy Pakistan, because he still believed in an united Pakistan and wanted to form the next government in Islamabad .
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> It was, however, strange that being a seasoned politician, Mujib failed to visualize the game plan of the junta that was amassing military power in East Pakistan , ostensibly in preparation for a showdown. A representative from Lt Col M R Chowdhury, Major Ziaur Rahman and others in Chittagong conveyed to him on March 17 about the ominous military built up there and sought immediate advice, further hinting that Bengali elements were ready to strike before they were attacked. As always, Mujib never took military advice seriously and reportedly balked at the representative not to take any preemptive action at a time when he was engaged in ‘fruitful’ talks with the West Pakistani leaders. A visionary, strategic and timely direction at that crucial time could have saved lives of hundreds of thousand innocent Bengalis.
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> On March 25, President Yahya quietly left Dhaka, leaving instructions to ‘butcher’ Lt General Tikka Khan to start Operation Searchlight the same night aimed at ‘teaching the Bengalis a lesson’ or in other words, annihilating them. Yet on the same day, Mujib retorted at the inquisitive journalists that he was making progress in ‘talks’ and he had a meeting scheduled with Yahya soon (Please see Ittefaq, Observer, Dawn and many other newspapers of March 26, 27, 1971). Meanwhile, the rumor of Operation Searchlight spread outside the Dhaka cantonment and people started fleeing the city or preparing for resistance. Top political and student leaders were on the run knowing that they would be the immediate targets of the military. Many of them requested Sheikh Mujib to move to a safe location but Mujib did not care. According to a source, a few student leaders led by A S M Abdur Rob went to Mujib around 10 pm with a written declaration of
> independence. Sheikh Mujib was coerced to sign it. Rob can explain if it was a fact and what happened to that declaration, if any.
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> There were reports that Mujib talked with the US ambassador Joseph Farland in Islamabad that night. Shortly after midnight on March 25, Sheikh Mujib was taken into custody from his residence and flown to West Pakistan . His family was allowed to stay at his residence under Pakistan military protection and with a fat allowance. Young Sheikh Hasina seemed to have been enjoying the life pretty well then; she conceived Joy during that period.
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> It is thus not clear when and how did Sheikh Mujibur Rahman make the declaration of independence, other than what we heard of the Rob-version.
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> Even in the absence of any political direction, the patriotic Bengali elements of the army, Bangladesh Rifles, Police and Ansars gave gallant fights against the Pakistani murderers. Students, teachers, bureaucrats and others also organized their own fights. In such a chaotic and disjointed activities of resistance to the Pak army’s wholesale genocide, came an announcement from Chittagong Radio Station on March 27, 1971 declaring Bangladesh an independent country and asking the people to fight the occupation forces. It was Major Ziaur Rahman of 8 East Bengal Regiment. I understand the first announcement was made in his own name, later it was changed in the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. That was the first such announcement people heard and the message spread from mouth to mouth like wild fire, locally and internationally. Even if there was a declaration from Sheikh Mujib, nobody knew of it. Was it an offence on the part of Zia to make that announcement
> at that critical juncture to give a direction to the people, and more particularly to the fighting forces of Bangladesh ? Perhaps, it was ‘an unpardonable offence’ in the eyes of the Awami League and its sycophants, thus Zia should be punished for his ‘audacity’. Ironically, the Supreme Court had to come to the rescue of the Awami League on this controversial issue!
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> It was President Ziaur Rahman who allowed Sheikh Hasina to return to Bangladesh in 1980 from her self-exile. Well tutored by her mentors during asylum in India, the first thing she worked on was to get rid of Zia, because Zia always reminded her of her father’s failures and he was too assertive to the liking of India (Please see “Amar Phansi Chai” by Matiur Rahman Rentu, onetime Hasina’s aide). Indeed the fall of Zia came soon; he was killed on May 30, 1981. According to reports, Hasina was caught near Kasba while trying to flee to India at that time. In death, Zia became much larger than life; people understood what the man he was and what a leader Bangladeshis lost!
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> Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the most loved person in Bangladesh on January 10, 1972 when he came to independent Bangladesh after release from Pakistani custody. By the time he died on August 15, 1975, few shed tears, no Innalillah heard. To contrast, hardly anybody knew Major Ziaur Rahman before March 27, 1971, but some 3 million people gathered at his Janaza in 1981 in Dhaka .
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> Zia was no angel, he might have flaws and perhaps made mistakes, but his mistakes of 6 years, if any, fade before the blunders Mujib committed in 3 and half years’ from 1972 to 1975.
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> Thus, Zia fear in the Awami circle is understandable. However, can it erase Zia from history? In addition, what pains me to note in my limited legal comprehension that the citadel of our judiciary seems to have become part of this partisan political game.
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> A Obaid Chowdhury
> New York , USA
> February 16, 2010
> E Mail:alaldulal@
> http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=305937
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