Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

My dear friend, hindsight is always perfect. The question is whether any system would have worked for a country which was a total basket case at that critical time. Bangladesh did not get a single dime from the combined Pakistani wealth, nor any aid from poor India or Russia. One could count only few people,who were up to the task to run a country called Bangladesh. Independence came all of a sudden and we did not know which way to go while the enemies wanted us to fail and join their club. A corrupt leader or saint would not have matter at that time. Such was the time! If you read Amartya Sen's view about that time's famine, it was not that we lacked enough food, it was rather poor food distribution logistics. And, uncle Sam was only waiting to see Mujib being toppled  I would agree with you that Mujib was not enough shrewd and foresighted to see the problem coming. Then, he sidelined the brilliant Taj for some reason that was totally incomprehensible. But, was it right to kill an one party or multiparty leader at the nascent stage of our country's development? Even if he were a perfect democrat and saint, these so called freedom fighters would have killed the man. When you take a murderer's path by killing Mujib and other four leaders in the jail, you paved the path for more murders. Consequently, some brave soldiers took Zia down too. Fortunately, the waning of cold war game, suddenly, the dictatorship was no more fashionable. And, we got promoted to be a democratic country with plenty of responsibilities.  At that point, we were no longer a basket case and any monkey with half human intelligence could run the country and take it the shore if they want.
The question is whether they would do that?       

 

"I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues."
-Seuss

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From: ANISUR RAHMAN <anisur.rahman1@btinternet.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

I disagree totally with Dr Roy's suggestion that one party (BAKSAL) system of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would have been the solution to all the woes of Bangladesh. Far from it. This solution bears uncanny resemblance to Mullah's solution that if Bangladesh goes whole hog into Islamic Sharia Laws, everything will be honky dory!!! I disagree with both completely.

As Dr. Roy said himself that Sheikh Mujib enjoyed tremendous amount of authority and power and he had a towering personality, why then could he not check rampant corruptions in the country at those days? The most corrupt person was in his own family. I would accept for a minute and I don't think anybody would that you need a one-party system to tackle corruption in the country. The whole of western world operates with multiparty system with corruption million times lower than Bangladesh (metaphorically speaking)! We had one party dictatorial system in Pakistan for most of the time, even a benevolent dictatorship of Ayub Khan, and we know how quickly things can turn nasty and corrupt and you have no recourse to remedy. 

At the end I must say Mujib had the golden opportunity to run the country and he wasted it completely, mainly because he was totally incompetent and incapable of running a country. Being a patriot does not make one a superb administrator, far from it. The present crop of our political leaders are patriots, but I would not for a moment say that they are good administrators. It is a terrible misfortune for Bangladesh that good people (who could run the country decently and honestly) of Bangladesh are kept away by these unscrupulous and corrupt politicians. 

- Anis Rahman.

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From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, 14 September 2013, 19:16
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

Yes, Dr. Bain, we will never know if BAKSAL was right for Bangladesh at that period or not. So, I also disagree with your assumption based conclusion that it would not reduce corruption. If we do not know something, we can only make assumptions about it.The logic says, when there is only one party, it is easy to force out corrupt ones.

One party rule is not the permanent solution for any country; it's not. But, it's a logical step at the beginning of a new country; it has potential to organize public and reduce political bickering between political parties during the rebuilding phase, especially in a newly independent extremely densely populated country; sharing resources among citizens do not seem to be an unjust idea in the initial stage of rebuilding, since most of the resources were coming from foreign countries, anyway.

In contrast, just look at what we have gotten into by killing BAKSAL. You do not need any assumption at all to see this. Are we better off now? You see political bickering among political parties all time high, and it is killing all prospect and development in the country. Opposition parties cannot tolerate any success of the ruling party; they do everything to bloc progress and development. Even oppositions do not hesitate foreign intervention to go to power. What this tells us; it tells us that Bangladesh is not ready for democracy. When politicians look after their own interests, instead of the country, democracy becomes a tool for corruption. That's what it is in Bangladesh. I am just asking you to judge on the basis of reality on the ground, not based on some idealistic arguments.

Look at China; it started with communism, then socialism, now moving slowly towards capitalism. This is what I am talking about.

  
Jiten Roy

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From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

I disagree with most of what Dr. Roy has opined below. We would never know if BAKSaL was the solution to Bangladesh's problems. However, there is no reason to believe that BAKSAL would have diminished corruption in Bangladesh.

 

No one in the history of Bangladesh had as much popularity as Mujib did. He was in the best possible strength of popularity to be able to kick out a lot of corrupt people from politics in Bangladesh. I do not see a good reason as to why he did not even attempt to do that. I think that was another of his major flaws.

 

Having said that, I think the leader who had the unprecedented popular support in 1970-71 deserved more time to try what he wanted to try for the future of Bangladesh. The short-cut of murdering him in 1975 was not done for a better future for the country; rather it was done for converting the country to another Pakistan. Calling those coward criminal murderers heroes is a shame, no doubt about that.

 

Sukhamaya Bain

 

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From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

You need to think politically, not academically, Dr. Rahman. Politics is not academic exercise, it's all about reality on the ground, and 4^th dimension (time) is very critical in politics. Sheikh Mujib's decision to form BAKSAL needs to be analyzed using all four dimensions.

 

You are talking about corrupt people around Sheikh Mujib. Who were those corrupt people? They were not some petty criminals; every one had political sphere of influence. When you sack one of those people from your party, you need some good ones to fill the void; otherwise, you will weaken your political party. The political reality in Bangladesh is that – expelled ones from one party find red-carpet welcome in other parties. This is possible only because of  total ignorance of the public. The only way you can punish corrupt people is when people and media demand punishment for them. Bangladesh is not a place to expect such public outcry.  

 

The advantage of the one party rule is that - you have many more good apples to choose from to replace those bad ones, and bad ones have nowhere to go, but to the waste basket. I believe - that was his goal in forming the BAKSAL. Just think about this – most nationalist Bangladeshi political, academic, and scientific elites joined hands in BAKSAL with a single mission to rebuild Bangladesh. You need a personality, like Mujib, to make that event a reality. This was once in a lifetime event, which can never be repeated, ever. Bangladesh, as well as Bangalee-Jati, has lost such a golden opportunity. When I hear criticism of formation of BAKSAL from some people, it raises question about their intellectual maturity. It's easy to say many things from outside, but difficult to follow through when you are inside.

 

I remember that day when teachers and students of Dhaka University were getting ready to join BAKSHAL ceremoniously. I was just getting dressed up to go to the TSC auditorium to join them, when I overheard the radio broadcast of the dreadful message. That message marked the beginning of the downfall of Bangladesh.

 

Even though I did not like Sheikh Mujib personally for many of his comments about religious minorities, who he used to refer as Malauns, but - I will not be able to question his love for Bangalee-Jati and Bangladesh. I have a feeling from your comments that - you have no first-hand experience of those days. Most of what you are saying appears to be coming from shallow understanding of the overall situation at the time. I could be wrong. 

  

Jiten Roy

From: ANISUR RAHMAN <anisur.rahman1@btinternet.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

Mr Jiten Roy,

I agree with the sentiments you expressed, but I differ on the reasoning. 

You said that when Sheikh Mujib could not control corruption (because of the 'chamchas') he changed the democratic structure of the country - multiparty system to one party system. Do you want me to believe that was the motive? Did he ever try to control corrupt individuals, remove them from positions of authority, punish them etc? Everyone, even the lowly rickshaw wallas, at that time could tell you who those corrupt individuals are and Sheikh Mujib did not take a single step to rectify the situation. In fact, the top corrupt individuals used to live with him, they came from his family, they had day to day dealings with him and hence people assumed that they had his blessings in what they were doing. Nobody could touch them because they were the authority, the power. If he would have punished just a few of them, fear would have gone down the spine of other corrupt people and things would have improved tremendously.

In the context of that situation, when people saw that BAKSAL was formed suspending democratic rights and they would not even be given the opportunity to dissent and protest against the corruption in the government, what would you do? All your avenues were closed then. In that situation, some freedom fighters took things in their own hands and committed those atrocities. As I said before, I am not condoning their actions at all. But I appreciate the predicament they faced at that time. 

I do not agree with your assessment that people were so absolutely numb and stricken bound by this awful event that they could not contemplate any protest, any dissent and hence there was no show of sympathy after the event. The fact is people had the silent support. You may recall that immediately after the brutal crackdown by the Pakistani military (killing my colleagues at Dhaka University staff quarters and in the Jagannath Hall), people did rise up and protest. But nothing like that did ever happen after Sheikh Mujib's killing.

Yes, democracy is unsuitable to a country like Bangladesh. But Sheikh Mujib was no benevolent dictator. He was neither benevolent nor dictator. He was a medieval autocrat trying to run the country in the late 20th century whimsically. The corruption that he tolerated and dare I say nurtured has gone into the psyche of the nation and is in full flourish now. His daughter now is following the practices (creating 'chamchas', let 'chamchas' go wild etc) her father created and Bangladesh bleeds. I will say no more.

- Anis Rahman 

From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, 13 September 2013, 0:15
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

Dr. Rahman said: ".....Did Sheikh Mujibur Rahman do anything to rectify the situation? Did he reign in his corrupt nephews and other relations? Did he stop importing new cars and divert the money to import basic food products? No, No, No, No. His solution was to ditch the only democratic institution that existed at that time - the multiparty system - and replace it with a single party dictatorial system (BAKSAL)...."

I am not sure if you were there, but I was. In order to judge the existing political condition at the time, you have to be there, because much of the history has been distorted in the aftermath of 1975. Your comments indicate that you subscribe to the distorted facts. You seem to support killings of most decorated leaders of the country, which made Bangladesh orphan and leaderless. The country is still leaderless, Dr. Rahman.

You said Sheikh Mujib killed democracy by creating one political party. Obviously - democracy is preferable to one party rule, but - was democracy a right system for Bangladesh at the time? Let's analyze.

Bangladesh did not have a functioning economy after the independence; on top of that - a devastating flood engulfed Bangladesh right after the independence.  USA delayed committed shipment of grains and humanitarian aid, probably because - Bangladesh was in the Soviet-bloc at the time. Delayed shipment of grains created a food scarcity, which resulted famine and mass starvation. Your notion that - Sheikh Mujib did nothing to mitigate the food crisis - was just incorrect.

 

Mujib was not happy with such food-politics, and he was also very unhappy with the corrupt people (Chamchas) around him. In many occasions, he said – "Whatever I bring by begging abroad are sucked out by the corrupt Chamchas." So, he decided to consolidate all powers in his hand. His goal was to make Bangladesh self-sufficient in food as fast as possible. He wanted to empower down-trodden people, instead of Chamchas. That was the idea behind the creation of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BAKSAL). I was not a supporter of Awami League, but his decision made sense to me at the time. It was obviously a socialist system, which had a chance to succeed in Bangladesh.  It was an appropriate social system for a newly independent country, engulfed in famine. Organizing farmers to encourage collective farming and sharing national wealth among citizens were panaceas to move the famine stricken newly independent country forward. A benevolent nationalist dictatorship in the earlier stage could have been a much better system for Bangladesh, and Sheikh Mujib was that nationalist benevolent dictator the country needed at that time. But, international conspiracy against Bangladesh won.

 

You can decry for democracy, but that's just a political rhetoric. Democracy cannot work in a country with vastly uneducated ignorant population. You need peoples' constructive input in the democratic system; you are not getting that from the people of Bangladesh. As a result - rampant corruption by politicians can flourish. Political corruption breeds in an environment when people do not know how to hold politicians accountable for their misdeeds. In Bangladesh, only corrupt politicians can succeed. Just look around and see if this assumption is correct or not.

 

Here we are enjoying democracy for 38 years after Mujib-assassination; what did we get? Bangladesh is at the top of the list of most corrupt countries in the world. Wishing for something that we cannot handle could be detrimental to our interest. You need to be practical - if you want to get out of the mess - that was created after the assassination of Shekh Mujib. They got rid of all leaders, and Bangladesh is now leaderless country. I am not sure how you can defend such acts.

 

Yes, Dr. Rahman, you are right, no one protested at the time assassination of Sheikh Mujib, his family, and other leaders. I had that question in my mind at that time, and I scratched my head to find an answer to this question. The answer I found was convincing enough for me. I thought – country just witnessed the most unthinkable horrific terror with total shock and awe. Sheikh Mujib appeared to be invincible and almighty at that time; such a personality could face such a horrible destiny is beyond anyone's comprehension. Such thought sucked courage out of the people to protest against these atrocities. The utter silence on the part of the people, in no way can be translated into a tacit support for the perpetrators of such heinous acts. You said, foreign embassy took off the portrait of Sheikh Mujib to show their support for the assassination. It is a wrong assumption as well. They did so - out of panic and fear of reprisal.

 

Excuse me for such lengthy reply.

 

Jiten Roy

From: ANISUR RAHMAN <anisur.rahman1@btinternet.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 5:46 AM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

What Jiten Roy had said is absolutely true, but they are only relevant in a civilised society where rule of law prevails, decent human behaviour exists. None of these things prevailed in Bangladesh in the mid 1970s. Where was your high moral (political) ground when people had been dying of starvation in the streets of Dhaka and other cities in droves (worst famine since 1940s Bengal famine), people had been going around naked because of lack of one piece of cloth, when political elites in Dhaka were having endless gorgeous parties, corruption and cronyism were rampant, the law and order situation broke down completely? Did Sheikh Mujibur Rahman do anything to rectify the situation? Did he reign in his corrupt nephews and other relations? Did he stop importing new cars and divert the money to import basic food products? No, No, No, No. His solution was to ditch the only democratic institution that existed at that time - the multiparty system - and replace it with a single party dictatorial system (BAKSAL) and he ordered all government officials, teachers of all educational establishments (schools, colleges and universities) etc to be registered members of this party. Some Dhaka university teachers were about to resign from their teaching positions than become political prostitutes. In a situation like that some well meaning patriots (who happen to be freedom fighters) took things in their own hands and undertook the most horrendous act of savagery, because they had no other option. All avenues were closed down for them and for everybody.That action by those junior army officers, although totally illegal and highly condemnable, should be seen in the light of the situation that existed at that time, not retrospectively in a benign situation from a foreign country. History may treat them (freedom fighters turned political assassins) more generously and with compassion than we are prepared to give them now.

Another point you high minded people might consider. Was there a single demonstration anywhere in the whole world after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's assassination? None whatsoever. In Bangladesh High Commission in London government officials took out Mujib's portrait immediately quite happily and started saying almost voluntarily how disgusted they were with this man and he had got what he deserved! I detested that attitude then and I detest it now. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was undoubtedly a great patriot, a great soul. But he had no right to destroy the basic foundation of the country. I honour him for his patriotism, but not for competence as the prime minister.  

Sukhamaya Bain had said that he was killed by a Bangladeshi within four years of independence. Do you remember that Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated within few months of independence? To say that people of Bangladesh should have started an underground political movement/party when Mujib's BAKSAL forbade them to have a political party before killing him is just ridiculous. It was not only loss of democratic right but also loss of livelihood of those people due to rampant corruption, black marketeering etc.

The situation in Bangladesh now has the uncanny resemblance to that of mid-1970s (although famine situation is luckily nonexistent). Corruption is rampant, but the present PM keeps saying: "Look, Look, there is no corruption in Bangladesh"! The country is run for the benefit of AL only, not for the people or the country. BNP would be even worse - because they will be as corrupt as the AL and then they will allow religious zealots take over the country. For Bangladesh, the future is not very bright.

- Anis Rahman

  (Dr A RAhman)    

From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 23:44
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

Mr. Anisur Rahman,

 

You have some fundamental flaws in your thoughts. You seem to think that a freedom-fighter has a right to take up justice in his hand, whenever he/she believes someone is taking the country in a wrong direction. That's just plain wrong line of thought.

 

Freedom-Fighter is a person who fought for the independence of the country. Once the country is free, his/her fight has ended. Now, he/she is a veteran freedom-fighter in the free country. His/her activities will be guided by the established laws of the country, just like any other citizen in the country.

 

If someone is acting against the interest of the free country, he/she is a traitor. Who will judge - if someone is a traitor or not? It will be the judicial system, not some veteran freedom-fighters, to make that determination. The patriotic duty of a veteran freedom-fighter would be to bring the traitor(s) to the justice system. A freedom-fighter does not have the impunity to take up laws in hand. This is, obviously, the norm in a civilized country. In Bangladesh, though, we have seen people entrust authority to run the country to proven traitors, who fought against the very independence of the country. Anything can happen in that country; a traitor could become a freedom-fighter, and a freedom-fighter could become a traitor. 

 

Jiten Roy

 

From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

A freedom fighter killing innocent people during liberation war! Well, Mr. Rahman, no real freedom fighter kills innocent people on purpose. If he did that unintentionally, he would not be proud of it, he would certainly regret it later.

 

I will give you this. If a freedom fighter tortured a Paki soldier to a terribly painful death, I would understand that. For, the Paki soldier was likely to have committed the most heinous crimes on innocent people that the freedom fighter loved. But, I would certainly condemn it if a freedom fighter killed a Bihari child or raped a Bihari woman.

 

Mr. Rahman, are you talking about freedom fighters killing innocent people during the liberation war of 1971 to justify the killings of people like the 11 year old Sheikh Russel and the pregnant wife of Sheikh Moni in 1975? If so, please try to bring your mind to the world of decency and civilization.

 

As for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman destroying the country, you must be out of your mind. Mujib loved his country too much to do that. The barbarian cowards who murdered him had no record that could challenge Mujib on loving Bangladesh.

 

I would give you this. Mujib had his flaws on running the country, and on being the strong personality that he should have been. Among his major flaws was his softness toward the war criminals, due to his personal, familial and religious relationships with those criminals.

 

Mujib spent most of his life fighting for the rights of his people (Bangladeshis). If he were taking the country in the wrong direction, anyone would have had the right to start a new political party against his party. Even if BAKSAL were for banning other parties, an underground political movement should have operated for many years before contemplating the murder of Mujib. Isn't it too much of a shame on the people, if they were willing to kill him only four years after voting for him. Mind you, his popularity in toady's land of Bangladesh in 1970-71 probably broke all records in the world. To me, if Mujib deserved to be murdered in 1975, the voters of the 1970 East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)should be considered the world's stupidest people, who gave him an unprecedented mandate.

 

Democracy in Bangladesh is too much of a talk. There is no intra-party democracy in AL or BNP. For the most part, the head of the party dictates the party; they nominate their favorite people, including criminals, for election. Ordinary members have practically no say in who would be nominated from their party.

In any case, the criminals who murdered Mujib and his absolutely innocent family and associates in 1975 are indefensible in my book.

Sukhamaya Bain

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From: ANISUR RAHMAN <anisur.rahman1@btinternet.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

Dear Sukhamaya Bain,

It is quite easy to adopt a lofty legal position that no one is above the law and try to apply that legal standard to the blatantly corrupt situation that existed in Bangladesh in 1970s. In a normal, peaceful democratic society, a man committing a murder has, of course, no impunity at all, even if that man happens to be a freedom fighter. That goes without saying.

But consider the situation: that man may have killed many people, including many innocent people, during the course of his freedom fighting only a few years back. He did those activities for the sake of the country and he was acclaimed and honoured for his actions. Now after the liberation, to which he contributed enormously by killing people, if he found someone who was destroying the country which he helped to liberate and killed that anti-state person, was he guilty? He was just applying his patriotic zeal which he nurtured during his freedom fighting period. 

One must not put that freedom fighter in the category of a simple murderer and apply homicidal law verbatim. He did not kill someone for the sake of money or position. He killed a person, an elected leader for that matter who was out to destroy the very foundation of the State, to save the country. Is he not a patriot now, as he was a freedom fighter before?

I am not condoning political murders, far from it. But in a country where democracy is abused regularly then and now, accountability is totally non-existent and corruption is rampant, one should not just apply strict high more code verbatim. If all the elements of democracy would have been followed, then that situation which warranted such drastic step would not have arisen. So try to judge someone within that context, not outside it. That is my point.

Best wishes.

- Anis Rahman 

From: QR <qrahman@netscape.net>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, 9 September 2013, 10:49
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

(To me, the obvious answer is that once a freedom fighter does not mean no punishment for criminal acts later

>>>>>>>> Fully agree. No one is above the law and no one should be going around killing people with impunity. Recently Shajib Wazed Joy spoke about our culture of impunity and I agree with his statement on state of Bangladesh. Shalom!

-----Original Message----- From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sun, Sep 8, 2013 1:31 pm Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

The AL MP, Abdul Wadud Dwara, should have been able to respond to the question by the BNP MP, Nilofar Moni, in the talk show. The fact that the AL MP could not provide the obvious response probably just shows how poorly educated the Bangladeshi MPs are. Awami League, being the principal political party, should make serious efforts to recruit academically top-ranking and honest students in the colleges and universities to become future leaders of that party. Unfortunately, there are too many criminals and cronies that are part and parcel of that party now. This must change for a better Bangladesh.

 

(To me, the obvious answer is that once a freedom fighter does not mean no punishment for criminal acts later; and those soldiers had committed the most heinous and condemnable crime when they murdered an elected leader along with his family, including women and children, against whom even those criminals had no allegation other than they being related to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.)

 

Sukhamaya Bain

 

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From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 5:53 AM
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

Dear Russel,                 I was responding to Delwar Hussain's column in Shaptahik who was reacting to the disgusting suggestion of BNP MP Nilofar Moni at a TV talk-show.  Now read Mir Monaz' s response.Mir Monaz Haque

ইদানিং টিভি টক্ 'শো তে বিরোধী দলের নেতারা অভিযোগ করেন যে, বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা। তাই তাদের কেন রাষ্ট্রীয় মর্যাদায় দাফন করা হয়নি, এই প্রশ্নটি তুলেছেন বঙ্গবন্ধুর খুনির দল বিএনপির জাঁহাবাজ এমপি নিলোফার মণি। এই প্রশ্নের তীরটি তিনি আজ ছুড়ে দিয়েছেন টকশো তৃতীয় মাত্রায় অংশগ্রহণকারী প্রতিপক্ষ রাজশাহী অঞ্চল থেকে নির্বাচিত আওয়ামী লীগের এমপি আব্দুল ওয়াদুদ দারাকে। বাংলাদেশে মুক্তিযোদ্ধারা আওয়ামী লীগ দ্বারাই হয়েছেন সবচেয়ে বেশি নিপীড়িত ও নির্যাতিত। তার অন্যতম একটি উদাহরণ হলো বঙ্গবন্ধুর খুনিদের রাষ্ট্রীয় মর্যাদা না দেয়া। মণির এই প্রশ্নের জবাব যেমন এমপি দারা দিতে পারেননি তেমনি আমার অনেক অনুজ ভাই বোনদের ও জানা নেই, তাই নতুন প্রজন্মকে বলছি কেউ যদি আপনাদেরকে এই ধরনের প্রশ্ন করে > তখন তাদেরকে ইতিহাস পড়তে বলবেন, ওরা ইতিহাসে দারুন কাঁচা। ফরাসী বিপ্লবের কাহিনী পড়তে বলবেন, কারণ ফরাসী বিপ্লবকেই বলা হয় আধুনিক গণতন্ত্রের পূর্ণ শাসন ব্যবস্থা।রাজা লুই-১৬ কে হত্যা করে যে ফরাসী জাতি বিপ্লবের সুচনা করলো, আর কেন সেই রক্তক্ষয়ী বিপ্লবের পরে আবার সেই বিপ্লবের মূল নায়ক সয়ং রবিসপিয়েকে গিলোতিন এ জীবন দিতে হলো।ষড়যন্ আর সন্ত্রাস এর অভিযোগে দার্শনিক রুসোর আদর্শে আদর্শিত হয়েও ১৭৯৪ সনে (বিপ্লবের ২ বছর পরে) বিপ্লবী রবিসপিয়েকে ফরাসী ন্যাশনাল কনভেনশন ছাড়েনি। তাকেও রাষ্ট্রীয় মর্যদায় দাফন করা হয়নি, যারা জাতির সাথে রাষ্ট্রের সাথে বেইমানি করে তাদের রাষ্ট্রীয় ভাবে দাফন হয় না, এটা ইতিহাস আমাদেরকে শেখায়। http://www.shaptahik.com/v2/index.php?DetailsId=8494&Comments=1&e=1

CC: bangladesh-progressives@googlegroups.com From: shahdeeldar@yahoo.com To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 18:10:23 -0700 Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা 

I can hardly find any person from that era who was not a freedom fighter. Even some dogs were fighting the war but I am  not sure who they were killing/targeting?

 

"I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues."
-Seuss

From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 8:38 PM
Subject: [mukto-mona] বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা

 

Very good, Delwar!  << বঙ্গবন্ধুর হত্যাকারী ফারুক-রশীদ গং-এর সকলেই ছিলেন খাঁটি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা। তাই তাদের কেন রাষ্ট্রীয় মর্যাদায় দাফন করা হয়নি, এই প্রশ্নটি তুলেছেন বঙ্গবন্ধুর খুনির দল বিএনপির জাঁহাবাজ এমপি নিলোফার মণি। এই প্রশ্নের তীরটি তিনি আজ ছুড়ে দিয়েছেন টকশো তৃতীয় মাত্রায় অংশগ্রহণকারী প্রতিপক্ষ রাজশাহী অঞ্চল থেকে নির্বাচিত আওয়ামী লীগের এমপি আব্দুল ওয়াদুদ দারাকে। বাংলাদেশে মুক্তিযোদ্ধারা আওয়ামী লীগ দ্বারাই হয়েছেন সবচেয়ে বেশি নিপীড়িত ও নির্যাতিত। তার অন্যতম একটি উদাহরণ হলো বঙ্গবন্ধুর খুনিদের রাষ্ট্রীয় মর্যাদা না দেয়া। মণির এই প্রশ্নের জবাব যেমন এমপি দারা দিতে পারেননি তেমনি আমারও জানা নাই এই প্রশ্নের জবাব কিভাবে দেয়া যায়। >>

 

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