We have a long way to go (3) - our Leadership (Jamaat another example)
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Bengol, in my understanding never had an independent ruler after 11th or 12th century (After Sen erra). Bengali's franchise for leadership, to rule, to take their own matters in their own hands either predominantly obstructed, censured or suppressed.
Bengalis were the foot soldiers in most of the battles, some battles were won by them but not the war. Fazlul Haque, Suhrawardy were partner to the main leadership representing the East Bengol. Mawlana Abdul Hamid Khan 'Bhasani' took the lead role even before Sheikh Mujibur Rahman become the only leader of East Bengol (East Pakistan). Bhasani took a great initiative while Mujib was in prison to keep the movement going, which was mostly managed by the young activists who then at their 20s. Eventually these firebrand lads could not make to leadership in Bangladesh. This could be the short story of our leadership in independent and pre independent Bangladesh.
Those young leaders – 'char Khalifas' or Menon, Rono, Matia who were instrumental to political uprising of the days and used to command the great majority of people's thinking, psychology, after 45 years of their career seems lost in a whirlpool, all their charisma displayed under Sh. Mujib or Bhasani gone with the wind. It wouldn't be imprudent to consider all of them retracted from their original positions, belief, what they were famous for, and either distanced themselves from their ethos and active politics, turned as successful businessmen, or merged with mainstream political parties by surrendering their legendary values, morality and political ethos, distastefully to their once-opponents. But except one – Hyder Akbar Khan Rono. Though Rono do not command any sizeable portion of today's public in any terms but he still professes the same philosophy that once were immensely popular. It is sad, remaining out of the grasp of greedy and
profiteering politics, simple, soft spoken and humble Rono could not maintain his lead in the leadership.
Motia made little success joining once censured leader's politics and worshiping his daughter, though remain impeccably honest and fairly successful, yet as a fiery legend now only bad mouthing everything she had to say, tarnishing the political culture and the behavior into an ugly image like her unscrupulous colleagues. It is my believe that she could have still command a good and brave side of our politics had she not gone that far to touch Hasina's feet (to see her off in the airport, as seen on TV) and speaking with such venom, to instigate hatred belittling all others that added much to the ongoing face of cruel and ugly culture of politics.
So, Rono and Matia are the example of our leadership legend. As I see always, so much of potential and prospects gone in vain, resembling almost all sectors of our society. Otherwise we could have written our history with a brave face. Forty years of independence produced very little, a shameful and undignified state of our people far outweigh the brevity once displayed. Economic and social conditions, dreaded poverty and injustice are the stark example of our leadership qualities and its crisis.
When any leadership fails finds hundreds of reasoning but when one succeeds a single reason is enough, our leadership did not grow and unfortunately there is no breeding sign.
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When we as a nation failed to put up a brave face of our leadership yet did not fail to create fictitious images of various administrators, beneficiaries of our state and our struggles. Whom we often put in apex of our polity may be out of frustration or even with genuine aspirations.
Let's look at 'Jamaat' politics – Considering the defeat of all powerful Kemalist's and the gradual rise of a religious party in Turkey amidst the world wide machination against Islam, made me to think why Jamaat could not do the same, again, corollary to our leadership crisis. (make no mistake a lay man out of his sheer frustration trying to make analyses from his daily experiences, who has no support, no sympathy or even hatred except those committed crime, to Jamaat politics).
Ottoman Empire was defeated for various reasons and shrunk to its current existence albeit until recently with Kemal Ataturk's vision and mission that made them neither European nor Middle Eastern. Neither Muslim nor Christian. Sacrificing all its past – dresses, alphabets, historical ties could not elevate once a dominant empire to the economic status of even Italy or Greece today.
However, Turkey made a great stride within less than a decade, from the brink of collapse of its economy, banking and social system under the ruin of Kemalist Institutions and its all powerful military and its pulling of all the strings.
They pulled, but Erdogan's Islamist vision and finely crafted strategy either by passed or defeated the Kemalist systematically without much confrontation or bloodshed. Thanks to his vision and strategy that gradually adopted first before changing the direction to reach the objective. Remain under the nonsensical secularism they still remain a fervent supporters of Islamic principles and its values. Taking many actions that made the whole country and its leadership most successful in Turkey and surprisingly made its leadership most popular in the whole Middle East. Country's economy became the fastest growing only after china this year, its foreign policies become more effective and emerging as a effective regional power even acceptable to Iran. The Islamic party changed to Justice and Development Party and Erdogan become a figure head who tackled his arch enemy the military institutions and its judiciary and most importantly without social unrest or
violent upheaval. That is call leadership. The Islamists are fighting without firing a bullet or spreading hatred and revenge. So far sustained its fight against Israel that is simply another wonder in 20th century.
Just think now, Jamaat has made a worst blander in 1971 in the name of Islam. They did not surrender or repent. In the name of sharia, taken strategies that made them fragile, skeptic and vulnerable.
Had they repent in public, changed their name (during the caretaker government new policy on political parties registration or earlier) followed an strategy that is on a long vision of Islamic equity and justice, not merely everyday sharia rhetoric; adopted policies that appears as uptodate and progressive, their position would have been very different. Once the same party align itself with todays annihilator – Awami League.
All the above arguments in one stroke we can waive – all our leadership never had a far sighted vision and development oriented focus and policies for our land and boundary. Shockingly enough made it a theatre of foreign manipulation.
No one repents, sheer arrogance do not allow them to apologies for their past mistakes, no one like to accommodate, no one brings in broader and longer views in their strategies for the country or for their own qualitative and effective sustainability.
Our leaders only divides with their petty nonsense ideologies , chastise and create confrontations as they fail to lead. Today they made even bigger mess and arguably we have a long way to go!
Haque
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