[chottala.com] BAKSAL

I am just trying to understand the historical significances of BAKSAL]

Syed Aslam

 

 

 

Dear Mr. Syed Aslam,

Though I cannot remember all those in detail about BAKSAL after a long gap of 32/33 years but somehow or other I will recollect from my memory and try to explain its historical significances and probably its motivation. Let me give a brief idea what I really understand about BAKSAL.

 

BAKSAL was introduced by Bangabandhu at the time when he saw there was no other alternative around him just to give some relief to his Bengali people from a most sirious disastrous condition the country was passing at that time. Femine broke out and that was artficially created by some international circle to create chaos and confusion in the country to put him in a awkward position in his own Bengali Nation, to make him unpopular to his own people. At the same time he saw there were nobody around him who can help him sincerely, advise him properly how he can overcome the crisis. The country was passing a crucial moment at that time.

 

Everybody especially his own Awami Leagure around him were busy in looting from all side putting him in a more difficult situation. To be very frank he saw complete darkness around him at that time. With extreme frustation one day in one meeting he told "Don't tell me Bangabandhu any more. You have killed Bangabandhu and put him under the grave alive. Different countries are getting the gold mines, copper mines and all sorts of mines , but I got the mines of thieves. In whatever direction I try to see, on my right there is thieves, on my left there is thieves and behind me also there is thieves. On broken heart Bangabandhu was telling how I can run the country surrounded by so many thieves" which he hinted to his own Awami leagures as there was no other party more stronger than his one.

 

During extreme femine when people are dying of hunger in the street and not getting any type of nutritious food, nutritious biscuits came as an aid from foreign countries just to supply some sorts of nutrition to the poor and needy people free of cost. Later on that biscuits were found to be sold in the street of Calcuuta, West Bengal. 

 

Without seeing any other alternatives and to overcome all these, one day he suddenly declared all party should be abolished and there will be one party only in the name of BAKSAL and except four newspaper all other newspapers were band. We don't know from where he got the idea of one party system in the name of BAKSAL at that time. As bcoz people started thinking a man who fought throughout his life for democracy why suddenly he made one party system in a newly democratic country and finished the democratic system by uprooting it completely. As people were still liking him too much they accepted his decision and wanted to see what may be the after effect of this and wanted to see whether Bangabandhu can overcome the crisis or not.

 

I was working as Medical Officer in Bangladesh Shipping Corporation at that time and one day as I remember in 1975 when I was in Bangladesh Shipping Corporation Office I was given a BAKSAL membership form to fill it up and to pay 4 anna (siki) as membership fees. People in the whole office became the member of BAKSAL by paying four anna membership fees as compulsary. No question of Ziaur Rahman agreed or not or any other person agreed or not. At that time it was a compulsary process to be a member of BAKSAL. In short this much I can recollect in my memory after a long gap of so many years.     

Here I like to request my lerned friends of chottala, if anybody of that period are still present in this chottala groups and if I am wrong in my description to please correct me. I will be more happy if he or she enlighten me by throwing some more lights in this regard.

 

Dr. Siraj uddowllah, Windsor, Canada.

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