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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Re: [chottala.com] 1/11 has helped us to know the opportunists

"Create lawful democretic politicians", how ??? as like as factory made jiii hujuur BNP (so called shangshar ponthii). 

----- Original Message ----
From: dina khan <dina30_khan@yahoo.com>
To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2008 3:20:48 AM
Subject: Re: [chottala.com] 1/11 has helped us to know the opportunists

It is now very essential for taking all neccessary action to create lawful democratic politicians for establishing lawful democracy by making lawful system rules of law for the politicians & by providing quality education & training for teaching them to learn what the politics what the democracy & what the duty of the politicians.

--- On Wed, 7/5/08, Fame Electronics <fameelectronics@ gmail.com> wrote:
From: Fame Electronics <fameelectronics@ gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [chottala.com] 1/11 has helped us to know the opportunists
To: chottala@yahoogroup s.com
Date: Wednesday, 7 May, 2008, 9:56 AM

Dear Khan,
 
I fully agree with you. They need more wake up criticise like this but
they are completly dead inside, they will never change. These old hagard should
be replaced or driven away forever. It seems,our Politician is our only problem.
We only need true patriotic leaders to guide our country ahead and overcome the
present crisis, otherwise, we have no way to come out. The present AL & BNP can not
give us any solution rather to drive us in the deep darkness of cave, They are no use in politics. You have righly said,
they are doing private services of their so called leaders ( only their leaders not public
leaders).
 
I always go through your writings and so pls keep it up for the greater interest of
our country.
 
Rgds
 
Zayeed Abdullah
 


 
On 5/6/08, dina khan <dina30_khan@ yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Mr Poet & Writter

Your thoughtful expression does not bring any quality thought idea,.

Mr Jillur Rahman & Mr Khondakhar Delwar Hossain are the real not real politicians are the family servant politicians. They are not doing politics for the common people of Bangladesh but they  are doing private services for the interest of their leaders.

Mr writter you should know that 1/11 has given the chances to the honest politicians to do honest politics for establishing lawful democracy & lawful honest administration in Bangladesh.. 


--- On Mon, 5/5/08, mahathir of bd <wouldbemahathirofbd @yahoo.com> wrote:

From: mahathir of bd <wouldbemahathirofbd @yahoo.com>
Subject: [chottala.com] 1/11 has helped us to know the opportunists
To: tritiomatra@ yahoogroups. com, chottala@yahoogroup s.com, khabor@yahoogroups. com, notun_bangladesh@ yahoogroups. com, vinnomot@yahoogroup s.com, alochona@yahoogroup s.com, dahuk@yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, 5 May, 2008, 6:06 AM


সাপ à¦" লাঠি

মাহব�ব তাল�কদার

চাচা প�রশ�ন করলেন, রাজনীতিতে �ই সেনা সমর�থিত সরকারের সবচেয়ে বড় অবদান কি জানো?

সে তো অনেক অবদানই আছে। আপনি কোনটা মিন করছেন? আমি জানতে চাইলাম।

চাচা সহাসà§�যে বললেন, রাজনীতিতে à¦�রা à¦�মন à¦�কটা à¦�াà¦�কানি দিয়েছেন, যাতে ভেতর থেকে রাজনীতির নীতিহীন বà§�যকà§�তিরা à¦"পরে ভেসে উঠেছে।

� কি কথা বলছেন আপনি! আমি বিস�ময় প�রকাশ করলাম।

ঠিক বলছি। চাচা চায়ের কাপে চà§�মà§�ক দিতে দিতে বললেন, শীরà§�ষ নেতৃতà§�বের পà§�রতি অনানà§�গতà§�য পà§�রকারানà§�তরে বেইমানি করার যে চিতà§�রটি à¦"য়ান ইলেভেনের পর পà§�রকাশ পেয়েছে, তাতে দেশের মানà§�ষ রীতিমত থ' বনে গেছে।

আপনি কাদের কথা বলছেন? আমি ঠিক ব��তে পারছি না। আমি বললাম।

à¦�তে না বোà¦�ার কিছà§� নেই। শেখ হাসিনা যাদের 'র‌à§�যাটস' (আরà¦�টিà¦�স) বলতেন, সেই রাজà§�জাক আমà§�, তোফায়েল à¦" সà§�রঞà§�জিতের মà§�খোশহীন চেহারাটা ধরা পড়তো না à¦"য়ান ইলেভেন না হলে। অনà§�যদিকে সাইফà§�র রহমান, মানà§�নান ভূà¦�ইয়া à¦" মেজর হাফিজ গংদের খালেদা জিয়ার পà§�রতি বেইমানির বà§�যাপারে কোন রাখঢাক ছিল না। চাচা থামলেন।

চাচার কথা মিথà§�যা নয়। দà§�রà§�নীতির দায়ে বিà¦�নপি à¦" আà¦"য়ামী লীগের দà§�ই শীরà§�ষ নেতà§�রীকে গà§�রেপà§�তার করে জেলে নেয়ার পর আà¦"য়ামী লীগ à¦" বিà¦�নপির à¦"ই পà§�রবীণ নেতারা যে রকম চেহারা পালà§�টে ফেললেন, তা পারà§�টির সাধারণ করà§�মীদের কাছে ছিল অপà§�রতà§�যাশিত à¦" বেদনাদায়ক। পরিবারতনà§�তà§�রের ধà§�য়া তà§�লে বেগম খালেদা জিয়া à¦" শেখ হাসিনার নেতৃতà§�বকে পà§�রশà§�নবিদà§�ধ করার যে কৌশল তারা অবলমà§�বন করেছিলেন, তা অবশà§�য ধোপে টেকেনি। আà¦"য়ামী লীগের ভারপà§�রাপà§�ত চেয়ারমà§�যান হিসেবে জিলà§�লà§�র রহমানের নিয়োগে উষà§�মা পà§�রকাশ করে à¦� সময়ে সà§�রঞà§�জিত সেনগà§�পà§�ত বলেছিলেন, কারো সঙà§�গে আলাপ না করে হাসিনার à¦�ই সিদà§�ধানà§�ত গà§�রহণ সà§�বৈরাচারী মনোভাবের পরিচায়ক। অনà§�যদিকে খোনà§�দকার দেলোয়ারকে পà§�রথম থেকেই মেনে নিতে চাননি বিà¦�নপি'র সংসà§�কারপনà§�থিরা। à¦�ছাড়া খালেদা জিয়াকে বিদেশে পাঠিয়ে মাইনাস করার বà§�যাপারে মানà§�নান ভূà¦�ইয়ার ষড়যনà§�তà§�রের কথা তৎকালে বà§�যারিসà§�টার মইনà§�ল হোসেন আকারে ইঙà§�গিতে বলেই দিয়েছেন। সতà§�যি বলতে কি, সেই সংকট মà§�হূরà§�তে শেখ হাসিনা à¦" খালেদা জিয়ার রাজনৈতিক দূরদরà§�শিতা ছিল অসাধারণ। জিলà§�লà§�র রহমানের বদলে আমীর হোসেন আমà§�কে আà¦"য়ামী লীগের ভারপà§�রাপà§�ত চেয়ারমà§�যান নিয়োগ করলে কিংবা খোনà§�দকার দেলোয়ারের বদলে সাইফà§�র রহমানকে বিà¦�নপির দায়িতà§�ব দিলে দেশের সবচেয়ে বড় à¦�ই দà§�টি রাজনৈতিক দল à¦�তদিনে সরকার পকেটসà§�থ করে ফেলতে পারত। তবে à¦"ই পকেটে তৃণমূল নেতা à¦" করà§�মীদের ঢোকানো সমà§�ভব হতো না।

আমি যখন চ�পচাপ বসে �সব কথা ভাবছি, তখন চাচা চায়ের কাপ সরিয়ে রেখে জিজ�ঞাসা করলেন, কি ভাবছো?

রাজনৈতিক নেতাদের কথা ভাবছি।

তাদের আবার কি কথা?

কত দ�র�ত �রা চেহারা পাল�টে ফেলতে পারেন। আমি বললাম, আমীর হোসেন আম� পর�যন�ত �খন বলছেন, আগে শেখ হাসিনার ম�ক�তি, তারপর সংস�কার। আবার অন�যদিকে মেজর হাফিজ বারবার 'খালেদা জিয়া আমাদের নেত�রী' বলতে বলতে ম�খ দিয়ে ফেনা ত�লে ফেলেছেন। অথচ খালেদা জিয়ার নির�দেশ তিনি মানছেন না। আমি ক�ষ�ব�ধকণ�ঠে বললাম।

চাচা বললেন, রাজনীতিতে আমরা যা কিছ� দেখছি, তার অনেকটাই রয়ে গেছে আমাদের দৃষ�টির অগোচরে। তাই আমরা রাজনীতির হিসাব মেলাতে পারি না। সাইফ�র রহমান সেদিন আধখোলা ল�ঙ�গি পরে চরম অস�স�থ অবস�থায় সংস�কারপন�থিদের শো-ডাউনে কেন গিয়েছিলেন, তা কি আমরা জানি?

কিছà§�টা জানি। পতà§�রিকায় সে কথা ছাপা হয়েছে। আজকাল মিডিয়ার কলà§�যাণে কোন কিছà§�ই আর গোপন রাখা যাচà§�ছে না। ষড়যনà§�তà§�রকারীদের সব ষড়যনà§�তà§�রই à¦�ক সময়ে ফাà¦�স হয়ে যাচà§�ছে। আমি আরà¦" বললাম, চাচা! à¦�সব কথা থাক। নিরà§�বাচন সমà§�পরà§�কে ভবিষà§�যদà§�বাণী করà§�ন। নিরà§�বাচন হবে কি হবে না?

তোমার প�রশ�নটা অসম�পূর�ণ। তোমার প�রশ�ন করা উচিত ছিল, ২০০৮ সালের মধ�যে নির�বাচন হবে কিনা।

তা ঠিক। আমি � বিষয়ে দ�ঃখ প�রকাশ করলাম। বললাম, আসলে জানতে চাই নির�বাচনের ব�যাপারে সরকারের সদিচ�ছা আছে কিনা।

অবশà§�যই আছে। চাচা হাসি হাসি মà§�খ করে বললেন, নিরà§�বাচন করার সদিচà§�ছা না থাকলে দেশবà§�যাপী সৎ à¦" যোগà§�য পà§�রারà§�থী খোà¦�জা হচà§�ছে কেন? ইতোমধà§�যে ৬০০ পà§�রারà§�থীর তালিকা হয়েছে বলে পতà§�রিকায় খবর ছাপা হয়েছে। তাছাড়া নিরà§�বাচনের বà§�যাপারে সরকারের সদিচà§�ছা আছে বলেই জরà§�রি অবসà§�থার মধà§�যেà¦" ফেরদৌস কোরেশীকে দিয়ে কিংস পারà§�টি তৈরি করা হয়েছে।

কিন�ত� �সব কর�মকাণ�ড কি নির�বাচনের প�রস�ত�তি?

অবশà§�যই। চাচা বললেন, আমি যদà§�দà§�র বà§�à¦�ি, à¦� সরকারের à¦�কটি নিরà§�বাচনী à¦�জেনà§�ডা রয়েছে। তা হচà§�ছে সৎ à¦" যোগà§�য বà§�যকà§�তিদের জাতীয় সংসদে বসানো।

সেটা কিভাবে সমà§�ভব? আমি জানতে চাইলাম, দেশের মানà§�ষ সৎ à¦" যোগà§�য পà§�রারà§�থীদের চিনবে কি করে?

à¦�টা কোন কঠিন বà§�যাপার নয়। চাচা সারামà§�খে হাসির ঢেউ তà§�লে বললেন, সরকার à¦�তগà§�লো কমিশন করছে, দেশের সà§�বারà§�থে সৎ à¦" যোগà§�য পà§�রারà§�থী বাছাইয়ের জনà§�য কি à¦�কটি জাতীয় কমিশন গঠন করতে পারে না? à¦"ই কমিশনের ছাড়পতà§�র না পেলে কেউ সংসদ নিরà§�বাচনে দাà¦�ড়াতে পারবে নাÃ' পà§�রেসিডেনà§�টকে দিয়ে à¦�মন à¦�কটা অধà§�যাদেশ জারি করালেই তো হয়।

চাচা! à¦�তেà¦" কিনà§�তà§� à¦�কটা রিসà§�ক থেকে যায়। à¦"ইসব সৎ à¦" যোগà§�য সংসদ সদসà§�যরা যদি সরকারের সব করà§�মকাণà§�ডকে বৈধতা না দেয়?

কি সব অলকà§�ষà§�ণে কথা বলছো তà§�মি! চাচার হাসিমà§�খ কিছà§�টা মলিন হয়ে গেল। কিছà§�কà§�ষণ চà§�প থাকার পর সহসা তিনি উজà§�জীবিত হয়ে বললেন, à¦�রà¦" উপায় আছে। মূল সংলাপের পূরà§�বে পà§�রাক সংলাপের মতো নিরà§�বাচনেরà¦" à¦�কটা ডà§�রেস-রিহারà§�সেল হতে পারে।

সেটা কি রকম?

বà§�যাপারটা à¦�কই রকম। চাচা বললেন, মূল নিরà§�বাচনের আগে ২০০৮ সালের মধà§�যে à¦�কটা পà§�রাক-নিরà§�বাচন করে নেয়া যেতে পারে। তাতে যারা নিরà§�বাচিত হবেন, তারা সরকারের সব করà§�মকাণà§�ডকে বৈধতা দিলেই কেবল মূল নিরà§�বাচনের ঘোষণা দেয়া যেতে পারে। à¦�তে সাপà¦" মরলো, লাঠিà¦" ভাঙলো না।

লেখক : কবি à¦" কথাসাহিতà§�যিক


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The Tagore Birth Centenary celebration movement in 1961 played an important precursor for the subsequent political struggle
that lead to the Independence of Bangladesh. This movement was the first organised voice against the so-called Iron man Ayub
Khan who imposed Martial Law in 1958. This was an important milestone, often missed by the academic historian, in our struggle
for freedom. An un-official student's action committee was formed which later spearheaded anti-Ayub student movement in Dhaka responding to Ayub's 1962 Constitution of Pakistan by going on strike and burning copies of it. - source: oral communication with Dr. Aminul Islam Tula, DUCSU Vice President in 1961 ]
 
 
Tagore's birth anniversary today

Rabindranath Tagore



Staff Reporter



The 147th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore will be observed across the country today with due respect to the versatile Bengali poet.

Rabindranath Tagore, also known as 'Kobi Guru,' was a poet, visual artist, playwright, novelist and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The government has drawn up extensive programmes to celebrate the day at national level. The Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed will inaugurate Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary programmes at 10:00am at Osmani Memorial Auditorium. The inaugural programme will be followed by a cultural function.

To mark the day, President Prof Dr Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed gave separate messages highlighting the colourful life and his contributions to Bengali language and literature.

In his message, Dr Iajuddin said said, "Rabindranath is not only a person but also an institution and his distinctive literature and arts would always inspire Bengali-speaking people to do creative work."

Dr Fakhruddin said, "The relation of Rabindranath with Bangladesh is close and his songs and poems had inspired our people during the country's War of Independence."

Rabindranath was born in 1861 at Jorashanko Mansion in Kolkata in India. He was the youngest of thirteen surviving children of Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. He was the first Nobel laureate in Asia when he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his book Geetanjali in 1913.

His two songs are now the national anthems of Bangladesh and India - 'Amar Sonar Bangla, Ami Tomai Valobashi' and 'Jana Gana Mana' respectively.

He wrote novels, short stories, songs, 'Nreetya Natya' and essays on political and personal topics.

Geetanjali (Song Offering), Gora (Fair-Faced) and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are among his best known works. His verse, short stories and novels, which often exhibited rhythmic lyricism, colloquial language, meditative naturalism and philosophical contemplation received world acclaim.

Bangladesh Betar, Bangladesh Television, private TV channels and radio stations will broadcast the programme live at 10:00am from Osmani Memorial Auditorium today.

On the occasion, Shilpakala Academy will organise a cultural programme based on various creative works of Rabindranath Tagore at Jatiyo Natyashala Auditorium in the city in the evening. Eminent artistes will recite poems, perform dances and render Tagore's songs.

Besides, various programmes have been chalked out to mark the day at Shilaidaha in Kushtia, Patisar in Naogaon and South Dighi in Khulna - the three districts that harbour the memories of Rabindranath Tagore.

The local administrations across the country will also organise various programmes to observe the day.

Bangladesh missions abroad will also celebrate the day through various programmes.

As part of the national celebrations, Bangla Academy will also organise a programme on the poet on May 11 in the Seminar Room.
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Re: [chottala.com] Mr AGC in New York Bangla News.


Hi Mr AGC in New York Bangla News

There is no constitutional CTG system for conducting fair & neutral Election in USA or in any democratic country. This CTG system in Bangladesh means that the politicians in Bangladesh are inefficient for making Voter list. They are not dependable & faithful for conducting fair & neutral election.

The duty of CTG is to work as care taker persons to look over whether everything is going on lawfully or not & whether the persons who want to contest in the election whether are efficient or not. .
So the main duty of this CTG for conducting fair & neutral Election is now very essential for taking all necessary actions to create lawful democratic politicians for establishing lawful democracy by making the system of some lawful rules of law for the politicians & by providing the politicians quality education & quality training for teaching them to learn what the politics what the democracy & what the duty of the politicians for doing their duty efficiently to build Bangladesh a lawful democratic country under the system of Lawful Democratic Government.

The duty also of the politicians are to try  for earning correct practical knowledge for making them efficient persons to know the people's problems & for solving  the problems, to learn for earning efficiency for making voter list to conduct fair & neutral election & to be perfect learned law maker persons for making good law, good plan to rule the country efficiently.

The duty of the media people should not be creating false news for doing nasty politics but the duty of them should be to circulate the correct news to create clean society.



 

 

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[chottala.com] Fwd: Fwd: no shafik rehman .... no jaijaidin

Earlier, new owner Sayeed Chowdhury (brother of so called 'reformist' Sabeer Chowdhury, a BAL leader) fled to S'pore, and couple of weeks ago he came back to Dhaka after a 'compromising deal' with military backed CTG. He fired Featcher Editor right away, Shafk Rehman protested. Futhermore, Mr. Chowdhury pressurised SR to provide more priority/more space on/for Mr. Potato what differs from SR's long stand.
This paper will be another puppet of Mr. Potato gradually, that everyone who is political conscious, can understand clearly by this short period of time (without SR). 

dilkhola@yahoo.com wrote:
To: dahuk@yahoogroups.com
From:<dilkhola@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 13:58:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Dahuk]: Fwd: no shafik rehman .... no jaijaidin

Dear Friends,

If you know the inside story, you will be shocked to
know that Shafik Rehman was forced to resign by the
evil forces inside and outside of JJD.

The current owner's role is suspicious, he fled to
singapore to evade the corruption charges but later
returned to BD after secret negotiation with current
CTG/Military rulers.

Earlier, we saw how Amanullah Kabir was forced out from
AmarDesh. This CTg is BAKSAL in disguise and they just
want their cornies (Motiur, Mahfiz gong) to survive. You
will see that if things let go unchallanged they will do
exactly what BAKSAL did, only keeping handfull of their
mouthpieces and shutting down the rest.

Without Shafik Rehman, JJD will turn into a toilet paper
like Jugantor. Prothom Alo. So please voice your concerns.
Join the campaign "No Shafik Rehman .. .. No JaiJaiDin" with all your email/blogging capabilities. Also stop buying it to force
the management to change their course.

Thanks!

> From: "stop jaijaidin" <stopjaijaidin@gmail.com>
> To: stopjaijaidin@gmail.com
> Subject: no shafik rehman .... no jaijaidin
>
> Stop Writing - Stop Reading Jaijaidin
>
>
>
>
>
> Without Shafik Rehman
>
> Don't touch Jaijaidin
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Re: [chottala.com] What will you say Mr. Hasan masud chowdhury?

The main duty of this CTG for conducting fair & neutral ElectionIt is now very essential for taking all neccessary actions to create lawful democratic politicians for establishing lawful democracy by making the system of some lawful rules of law for the politicians & by providing the politicians quality education & quality training for teaching the them to learn what the politics what the democracy & what the duty of the politicians to make Bangladesh a lawful democratic country under the system of Lawful Democratic Government.



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From: mahathir of bd <wouldbemahathirofbd@yahoo.com>
Subject: [chottala.com] What will you say Mr. Hasan masud chowdhury?
To: chairman@acc.org.bd, commissioner1@acc.org.bd, commissioner2@acc.org.bd
Cc: chottala@yahoogroups.com, khabor@yahoogroups.com, dahuk@yahoogroups.com, notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com, vinnomot@yahoogroups.com, alochona@yahoogroups.com, tritiomatra@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, 7 May, 2008, 6:15 AM

Are fighting corruption? or being puppet  serving the purpose of Moeen in fulfilling the minus two formula?

 
Why have not you yet given charge sheet in GATCO case yet ? Why did not you protest when Khaleda zia was arrested without charge?
 
 is not it corruption ? Why there is no attemp of ACC against Latifur rahman, owner of prothom alo, so called susil in spite of him being in the lsit of corrupt bussiness man?
 
 get ready to be accountable for all this question.   time for puppet of CTg running out soon.
 
 
 

 

খালেদা জিয়া ও শেখ হাসিনার বিরুদ্ধে নাইকো দুর্নীতি মামলার চার্জশিট জরুরি ক্ষমতা বিধিমালার বদলে দুর্নীতি দমন আইনে দেয়া হয়েছে।

নাশরাত চৌধুরী : সরকারের পরামর্শেই সাবেক দুই প্রধানমন্ত্রী বেগম খালেদা জিয়া ও শেখ হাসিনার বিরুদ্ধে নাইকো দুর্নীতি মামলার চার্জশিট জরুরি ক্ষমতা বিধিমালার বদলে দুর্নীতি দমন আইনে দেয়া হয়েছে। জানা গেছে, প্রথমে মামলা দু'টির চার্জশিট জরুরি ক্ষমতা বিধিমালায় দেয়ার সিদ্ধান্ত দেয়া হলেও পরে মামলায় অভিযুক্ত কয়েকজন সাবেক সচিবের তদবির ও জরুরি বিধিমালায় দায়েরকৃত মামলার আইনি ভবিষ্যৎ বিবেচনা করে পরিবর্তন করা হয়। সরকার মনে করছে, জরুরি ক্ষমতা বিধিমালায় মামলার চার্জশিট দেয়া হলে এই দু'টি মামলার ভবিষ্যৎ অনিশ্চয়তার মধ্যে পড়তে পারে। কারণ আজম জে চৌধুরীর দায়ের করা শেখ হাসিনার বিরুদ্ধে চাঁদাবাজি মামলার রায় আপিল বিভাগে এখনও নিষ্পত্তি হয়নি। আপিলের শুনানি শেষ হয়েছে। যে কোন দিন রায় হবে। ওই মামলায় হাইকোর্টের রায় বহাল থাকলে এবং জরুরি ক্ষমতা বিধিমালায় নাইকো মামলার চার্জশিট দেয়া হলে এর ভবিষ্যৎ অনিশ্চিত হয়ে পড়তে পারে। এই অবস্থায় সরকার ঝুঁকি নিতে চায়নি। মামলার একটিতে মূল আসামি খালেদা জিয়া, অন্যটিতে শেখ হাসিনা। তারা দু'জনই গ্রেপ্তার রয়েছেন। কোন মামলায় তাদের জামিনের আদেশ না থাকায় নতুন করে কাউকে গ্রেপ্তার দেখানোর প্রয়োজন হবে না। এতে বেশ কয়েকজন প্রভাবশালী সচিব রয়েছেন যারা সরকারের উপর মহলের সঙ্গে খুবই ঘনিষ্ঠ। দুর্নীতির এ দু'টি মামলার চার্জশিট দেয়া হলে মামলার আসামিদের মধ্যে যারা এখনও গ্রেপ্তার হননি তাদেরও গ্রেপ্তার করতে হবে। তারা জোর তদবির করেন যাতে এই মুহূর্তে তাদের গ্রেপ্তার না করা হয়। তাদের তদবিরেই বদলে যায় নাইকো মামলা জরুরি বিধিমালায় নেয়ার সিদ্ধান্ত। পরে সোমবার সকালে সরকারের উচ্চ পর্যায় থেকে সিদ্ধান্ত হয়, দু'নেত্রীর বিরুদ্ধে নাইকো মামলার চার্জশিট জরুরি ক্ষমতা আইনে দাখিল করা যাবে না, দাখিল করতে হবে দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশনের আইনে। সেই অনুযায়ী কমিশন ওই দু'টি চার্জশিটে কিছু পরিবর্তন করে দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশনের আইনেই দাখিল করার জন্য তৈরি করেন। পরে তাতে অনুমোদন দেন দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশন চেয়ারম্যান। এর আগে ৩০শে এপ্রিল দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশনের চেয়ারম্যান লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল (অব.) হাসান মশহুদ চৌধুরী এ মামলার চার্জশিট দুর্নীতি দমন আইন ও জরুরি বিধিমালায় দাখিলের জন্য অনুমোদন করেন। সোমবার আবার তিনি তা পরিবর্তন করেন।

সূত্র জানায়, শুরু থেকে শেখ হাসিনার বিরুদ্ধে নাইকো দুর্নীতি মামলা জরুরি ক্ষমতা বিধিমালায় অন্তর্ভুক্ত করেই এফআইআর তৈরি করা হয়েছিল। সেই অনুযায়ী মামলা হয়েছে। এই কারণে তার বিরুদ্ধে জরুরি বিধিমালারই দেয়ার সিদ্ধান্ত ছিল। খালেদা জিয়ার বিরুদ্ধে নাইকো দুর্নীতি মামলা দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশনের আইনেই করা হয়েছিল। এই মামলার এফআইআর জরুরি বিধিমালায় অন্তর্ভুক্ত করা হয়নি। ওই সময়ে দুই নেত্রীর বিরুদ্ধে দুটি মামলা দু'ভাবে করা হয়। এরপর বিষয়টি নিয়ে সরকারের উপর মহলে সিদ্ধান্ত হয়, চার্জশিট দাখিল করলে দু'জনেরটাই একই আইনে করতে হবে। সবদিক বিচার-বিশ্লেষণ করে পরে সিদ্ধান্ত হয় দু'জনের মামলার চার্জশিট দুর্নীতি দমন আইন ও জরুরি ক্ষমতা বিধিমালায় করা হবে। এরপর গত মাসে দু'জনের বিরুদ্ধে মামলার চার্জশিট তৈরি করা হয় এবং শেষ সপ্তাহে আইনজীবীরা দু'টি চার্জশিট পরীক্ষা-নিরীক্ষা করে তা চূড়ান্ত করেন। এরপরই তা দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশনের চেয়ারম্যান পরীক্ষা-নিরীক্ষা করে অনুমোদন দেন। তবে শেষ মুহূর্তে তা পাল্টে যায়। জরুরি বিধিমালায় নেয়া না হলেও আগামী অক্টোবর-নভেম্বরের মধ্যে দুই নেত্রীর বিরুদ্ধে দায়েরকৃত মামলা নিষ্পত্তির পরিকল্পনা রয়েছে সংশ্লিষ্টদের। সেই অনুযায়ী তারা কাজ করছেন।
 
 



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Re: [chottala.com] 1/11 has helped us to know the opportunists

It is now very essential for taking all neccessary action to create lawful democratic politicians for establishing lawful democracy by making lawful system rules of law for the politicians & by providing quality education & training for teaching them to learn what the politics what the democracy & what the duty of the politicians.

--- On Wed, 7/5/08, Fame Electronics <fameelectronics@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Fame Electronics <fameelectronics@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [chottala.com] 1/11 has helped us to know the opportunists
To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, 7 May, 2008, 9:56 AM

Dear Khan,
 
I fully agree with you. They need more wake up criticise like this but
they are completly dead inside, they will never change. These old hagard should
be replaced or driven away forever. It seems,our Politician is our only problem.
We only need true patriotic leaders to guide our country ahead and overcome the
present crisis, otherwise, we have no way to come out. The present AL & BNP can not
give us any solution rather to drive us in the deep darkness of cave, They are no use in politics. You have righly said,
they are doing private services of their so called leaders ( only their leaders not public
leaders).
 
I always go through your writings and so pls keep it up for the greater interest of
our country.
 
Rgds
 
Zayeed Abdullah
 


 
On 5/6/08, dina khan <dina30_khan@ yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Mr Poet & Writter

Your thoughtful expression does not bring any quality thought idea,.

Mr Jillur Rahman & Mr Khondakhar Delwar Hossain are the real not real politicians are the family servant politicians. They are not doing politics for the common people of Bangladesh but they  are doing private services for the interest of their leaders.

Mr writter you should know that 1/11 has given the chances to the honest politicians to do honest politics for establishing lawful democracy & lawful honest administration in Bangladesh.. 


--- On Mon, 5/5/08, mahathir of bd <wouldbemahathirofbd @yahoo.com> wrote:

From: mahathir of bd <wouldbemahathirofbd @yahoo.com>
Subject: [chottala.com] 1/11 has helped us to know the opportunists
To: tritiomatra@ yahoogroups. com, chottala@yahoogroup s.com, khabor@yahoogroups. com, notun_bangladesh@ yahoogroups. com, vinnomot@yahoogroup s.com, alochona@yahoogroup s.com, dahuk@yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, 5 May, 2008, 6:06 AM


সাপ à¦" লাঠি

মাহব�ব তাল�কদার

চাচা প�রশ�ন করলেন, রাজনীতিতে �ই সেনা সমর�থিত সরকারের সবচেয়ে বড় অবদান কি জানো?

সে তো অনেক অবদানই আছে। আপনি কোনটা মিন করছেন? আমি জানতে চাইলাম।

চাচা সহাসà§�যে বললেন, রাজনীতিতে à¦�রা à¦�মন à¦�কটা à¦�াà¦�কানি দিয়েছেন, যাতে ভেতর থেকে রাজনীতির নীতিহীন বà§�যকà§�তিরা à¦"পরে ভেসে উঠেছে।

� কি কথা বলছেন আপনি! আমি বিস�ময় প�রকাশ করলাম।

ঠিক বলছি। চাচা চায়ের কাপে চà§�মà§�ক দিতে দিতে বললেন, শীরà§�ষ নেতৃতà§�বের পà§�রতি অনানà§�গতà§�য পà§�রকারানà§�তরে বেইমানি করার যে চিতà§�রটি à¦"য়ান ইলেভেনের পর পà§�রকাশ পেয়েছে, তাতে দেশের মানà§�ষ রীতিমত থ' বনে গেছে।

আপনি কাদের কথা বলছেন? আমি ঠিক ব��তে পারছি না। আমি বললাম।

à¦�তে না বোà¦�ার কিছà§� নেই। শেখ হাসিনা যাদের 'র‌à§�যাটস' (আরà¦�টিà¦�স) বলতেন, সেই রাজà§�জাক আমà§�, তোফায়েল à¦" সà§�রঞà§�জিতের মà§�খোশহীন চেহারাটা ধরা পড়তো না à¦"য়ান ইলেভেন না হলে। অনà§�যদিকে সাইফà§�র রহমান, মানà§�নান ভূà¦�ইয়া à¦" মেজর হাফিজ গংদের খালেদা জিয়ার পà§�রতি বেইমানির বà§�যাপারে কোন রাখঢাক ছিল না। চাচা থামলেন।

চাচার কথা মিথà§�যা নয়। দà§�রà§�নীতির দায়ে বিà¦�নপি à¦" আà¦"য়ামী লীগের দà§�ই শীরà§�ষ নেতà§�রীকে গà§�রেপà§�তার করে জেলে নেয়ার পর আà¦"য়ামী লীগ à¦" বিà¦�নপির à¦"ই পà§�রবীণ নেতারা যে রকম চেহারা পালà§�টে ফেললেন, তা পারà§�টির সাধারণ করà§�মীদের কাছে ছিল অপà§�রতà§�যাশিত à¦" বেদনাদায়ক। পরিবারতনà§�তà§�রের ধà§�য়া তà§�লে বেগম খালেদা জিয়া à¦" শেখ হাসিনার নেতৃতà§�বকে পà§�রশà§�নবিদà§�ধ করার যে কৌশল তারা অবলমà§�বন করেছিলেন, তা অবশà§�য ধোপে টেকেনি। আà¦"য়ামী লীগের ভারপà§�রাপà§�ত চেয়ারমà§�যান হিসেবে জিলà§�লà§�র রহমানের নিয়োগে উষà§�মা পà§�রকাশ করে à¦� সময়ে সà§�রঞà§�জিত সেনগà§�পà§�ত বলেছিলেন, কারো সঙà§�গে আলাপ না করে হাসিনার à¦�ই সিদà§�ধানà§�ত গà§�রহণ সà§�বৈরাচারী মনোভাবের পরিচায়ক। অনà§�যদিকে খোনà§�দকার দেলোয়ারকে পà§�রথম থেকেই মেনে নিতে চাননি বিà¦�নপি'র সংসà§�কারপনà§�থিরা। à¦�ছাড়া খালেদা জিয়াকে বিদেশে পাঠিয়ে মাইনাস করার বà§�যাপারে মানà§�নান ভূà¦�ইয়ার ষড়যনà§�তà§�রের কথা তৎকালে বà§�যারিসà§�টার মইনà§�ল হোসেন আকারে ইঙà§�গিতে বলেই দিয়েছেন। সতà§�যি বলতে কি, সেই সংকট মà§�হূরà§�তে শেখ হাসিনা à¦" খালেদা জিয়ার রাজনৈতিক দূরদরà§�শিতা ছিল অসাধারণ। জিলà§�লà§�র রহমানের বদলে আমীর হোসেন আমà§�কে আà¦"য়ামী লীগের ভারপà§�রাপà§�ত চেয়ারমà§�যান নিয়োগ করলে কিংবা খোনà§�দকার দেলোয়ারের বদলে সাইফà§�র রহমানকে বিà¦�নপির দায়িতà§�ব দিলে দেশের সবচেয়ে বড় à¦�ই দà§�টি রাজনৈতিক দল à¦�তদিনে সরকার পকেটসà§�থ করে ফেলতে পারত। তবে à¦"ই পকেটে তৃণমূল নেতা à¦" করà§�মীদের ঢোকানো সমà§�ভব হতো না।

আমি যখন চ�পচাপ বসে �সব কথা ভাবছি, তখন চাচা চায়ের কাপ সরিয়ে রেখে জিজ�ঞাসা করলেন, কি ভাবছো?

রাজনৈতিক নেতাদের কথা ভাবছি।

তাদের আবার কি কথা?

কত দ�র�ত �রা চেহারা পাল�টে ফেলতে পারেন। আমি বললাম, আমীর হোসেন আম� পর�যন�ত �খন বলছেন, আগে শেখ হাসিনার ম�ক�তি, তারপর সংস�কার। আবার অন�যদিকে মেজর হাফিজ বারবার 'খালেদা জিয়া আমাদের নেত�রী' বলতে বলতে ম�খ দিয়ে ফেনা ত�লে ফেলেছেন। অথচ খালেদা জিয়ার নির�দেশ তিনি মানছেন না। আমি ক�ষ�ব�ধকণ�ঠে বললাম।

চাচা বললেন, রাজনীতিতে আমরা যা কিছ� দেখছি, তার অনেকটাই রয়ে গেছে আমাদের দৃষ�টির অগোচরে। তাই আমরা রাজনীতির হিসাব মেলাতে পারি না। সাইফ�র রহমান সেদিন আধখোলা ল�ঙ�গি পরে চরম অস�স�থ অবস�থায় সংস�কারপন�থিদের শো-ডাউনে কেন গিয়েছিলেন, তা কি আমরা জানি?

কিছà§�টা জানি। পতà§�রিকায় সে কথা ছাপা হয়েছে। আজকাল মিডিয়ার কলà§�যাণে কোন কিছà§�ই আর গোপন রাখা যাচà§�ছে না। ষড়যনà§�তà§�রকারীদের সব ষড়যনà§�তà§�রই à¦�ক সময়ে ফাà¦�স হয়ে যাচà§�ছে। আমি আরà¦" বললাম, চাচা! à¦�সব কথা থাক। নিরà§�বাচন সমà§�পরà§�কে ভবিষà§�যদà§�বাণী করà§�ন। নিরà§�বাচন হবে কি হবে না?

তোমার প�রশ�নটা অসম�পূর�ণ। তোমার প�রশ�ন করা উচিত ছিল, ২০০৮ সালের মধ�যে নির�বাচন হবে কিনা।

তা ঠিক। আমি � বিষয়ে দ�ঃখ প�রকাশ করলাম। বললাম, আসলে জানতে চাই নির�বাচনের ব�যাপারে সরকারের সদিচ�ছা আছে কিনা।

অবশà§�যই আছে। চাচা হাসি হাসি মà§�খ করে বললেন, নিরà§�বাচন করার সদিচà§�ছা না থাকলে দেশবà§�যাপী সৎ à¦" যোগà§�য পà§�রারà§�থী খোà¦�জা হচà§�ছে কেন? ইতোমধà§�যে ৬০০ পà§�রারà§�থীর তালিকা হয়েছে বলে পতà§�রিকায় খবর ছাপা হয়েছে। তাছাড়া নিরà§�বাচনের বà§�যাপারে সরকারের সদিচà§�ছা আছে বলেই জরà§�রি অবসà§�থার মধà§�যেà¦" ফেরদৌস কোরেশীকে দিয়ে কিংস পারà§�টি তৈরি করা হয়েছে।

কিন�ত� �সব কর�মকাণ�ড কি নির�বাচনের প�রস�ত�তি?

অবশà§�যই। চাচা বললেন, আমি যদà§�দà§�র বà§�à¦�ি, à¦� সরকারের à¦�কটি নিরà§�বাচনী à¦�জেনà§�ডা রয়েছে। তা হচà§�ছে সৎ à¦" যোগà§�য বà§�যকà§�তিদের জাতীয় সংসদে বসানো।

সেটা কিভাবে সমà§�ভব? আমি জানতে চাইলাম, দেশের মানà§�ষ সৎ à¦" যোগà§�য পà§�রারà§�থীদের চিনবে কি করে?

à¦�টা কোন কঠিন বà§�যাপার নয়। চাচা সারামà§�খে হাসির ঢেউ তà§�লে বললেন, সরকার à¦�তগà§�লো কমিশন করছে, দেশের সà§�বারà§�থে সৎ à¦" যোগà§�য পà§�রারà§�থী বাছাইয়ের জনà§�য কি à¦�কটি জাতীয় কমিশন গঠন করতে পারে না? à¦"ই কমিশনের ছাড়পতà§�র না পেলে কেউ সংসদ নিরà§�বাচনে দাà¦�ড়াতে পারবে নাÃ' পà§�রেসিডেনà§�টকে দিয়ে à¦�মন à¦�কটা অধà§�যাদেশ জারি করালেই তো হয়।

চাচা! à¦�তেà¦" কিনà§�তà§� à¦�কটা রিসà§�ক থেকে যায়। à¦"ইসব সৎ à¦" যোগà§�য সংসদ সদসà§�যরা যদি সরকারের সব করà§�মকাণà§�ডকে বৈধতা না দেয়?

কি সব অলকà§�ষà§�ণে কথা বলছো তà§�মি! চাচার হাসিমà§�খ কিছà§�টা মলিন হয়ে গেল। কিছà§�কà§�ষণ চà§�প থাকার পর সহসা তিনি উজà§�জীবিত হয়ে বললেন, à¦�রà¦" উপায় আছে। মূল সংলাপের পূরà§�বে পà§�রাক সংলাপের মতো নিরà§�বাচনেরà¦" à¦�কটা ডà§�রেস-রিহারà§�সেল হতে পারে।

সেটা কি রকম?

বà§�যাপারটা à¦�কই রকম। চাচা বললেন, মূল নিরà§�বাচনের আগে ২০০৮ সালের মধà§�যে à¦�কটা পà§�রাক-নিরà§�বাচন করে নেয়া যেতে পারে। তাতে যারা নিরà§�বাচিত হবেন, তারা সরকারের সব করà§�মকাণà§�ডকে বৈধতা দিলেই কেবল মূল নিরà§�বাচনের ঘোষণা দেয়া যেতে পারে। à¦�তে সাপà¦" মরলো, লাঠিà¦" ভাঙলো না।

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Obama gains superdelegates, Clinton vows to stay in race

By CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press Writer 28 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama pocketed the support of at least four Democratic convention superdelegates on Wednesday, building on the momentum from a convincing North Carolina primary victory. Rival Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to remain in the race "until there's a nominee."

The former first lady declined to say whether that meant through the roll call of the states at the Democratic National Convention this summer.

Clinton also disclosed that she had loaned her campaign an additional $6.4 million in recent weeks, evidence that her once front-runner campaign was in deep trouble.

She told reporters the loans were a sign of her commitment to her quest for the White House. She earlier loaned herself $5 million as she struggled to keep up with a better-financed Obama campaign.

Obama, now the front-runner, was home in Chicago during the day as his aides spread word that he would soon begin campaigning in states likely to be pivotal in the fall campaign. They also relayed word of the four endorsements, expected to be made public later in the day. Both disclosures were meant to signal fresh confidence that the nomination was quickly coming into his possession after a grueling marathon across 15 months and nearly all 50 states.

Clinton's appearance in Shepherdstown, W.Va., was meant to underscore her determination to stay the course. She also arranged a private meeting later in the day with uncommitted superdelegates.

Jeanette Council, an undecided superdelegate from North Carolina, said she decided over the weekend to endorse Obama but waited until after voters cast their ballots to announce it on Wednesday.

"I just think Senator Obama is the face of America," Council, a commissioner from Cumberland County, said in an interview with The Associated Press. "When I looked at it, I was so excited at the fact that he was bringing in so many new people and there was an excitement around the campaign."

Clinton won the Indiana primary narrowly early Wednesday, but the overall impact of the night's two contests was to lengthen Obama's lead in national convention delegates without fundamentally altering the nature of the race. The results also prompted former Sen. George McGovern, a Clinton backer of several months, to urge her to drop out while endorsing her rival.

Obama has 1,846.5 delegates to 1,696 for Clinton in The Associated Press tally. It takes 2,025 delegates to win the nomination in Denver this summer.

Clinton told reporters it would take 2,209 or 2,210 delegates to win the nomination, not the 2,025 in use by the Democratic National Committee. The higher total would come into play if the delegations were seated from Michigan and Florida, two states that held primaries outside the time frame that party rules required.

The former first lady campaigned for months to have new votes in both states, although lately has said she merely wants the delegations seated.

Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, said on Tuesday night it was possible a compromise could be worked out to seat the Michigan delegates. He did not mention Florida.

Asked at her news conference whether she intended to remain in the race through the convention roll call, Clinton said, "I'm staying in this race until there's a nominee and obviously I am going to work as hard as I can to become that nominee."

Clinton backers appeared on early morning television programs to stress that she was still in the race and to urge party leaders and elected officials known as superdelegates not to flee to Obama.

"This candidacy and this campaign continues on," Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson said on CNN.

Obama was 184.5 delegates shy of the number needed to secure the Democratic nomination, his campaign finally steadying after missteps fiercely exploited by the never-say-die Clinton.

His campaign dropped broad hints it was time for the 270 remaining unaligned superdelegates to get off the fence and settle the nomination.

In a counter to Wolfson, Obama communications director Robert Gibbs said: "The delegate math gets exceptionally harder for Senator Clinton every day."

In a memorandum to superdelegates, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe reminded them of the delegate math necessary to secure the nomination. He said Clinton would need to win 68 percent of the remaining delegates to win — an extremely unlikely scenario, made harder by her poor performance Tuesday.

"With the Clinton path to the nomination getting even narrower, we expect new and wildly creative scenarios to emerge in the coming days," Plouffe wrote. "While those scenarios may be entertaining, they are not legitimate and will not be considered legitimate by this campaign or millions of supporters, volunteers and donors."

It was in the superdelegate arena — even more than in the scattered primaries left — that the Democratic hyperdrama was bound to play out.

Clinton vowed to compete tenaciously for West Virginia next week and Kentucky and Oregon after that, and to press "full speed on to the White House."

But she risked running on fumes without an infusion of cash, and made a direct fundraising pitch from the stage in Indianapolis. "I need your help to continue our journey," she said.

And she pledged anew that she would support the Democratic nominee "no matter what happens," a vow also made by her competitor.

But her campaign schedule belied any immediate reconciliation. West Virginia holds its primary on Tuesday. Kentucky and Oregon hold their contests a week later. Puerto Rico is scheduled for June 1 followed promptly by Montana and South Dakota on June 3.

Her campaign is making the case that those contests are crucial to her and will press Democratic party officials to resolve disputed contests in Michigan and Florida, which she won but whose results the party voided because the primaries were held ahead of the schedule set by Democratic Party rules.

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Associated Press Writers Mike Baker in Raleigh, N.C., Liz Sidoti in Shepherdstown, W.Va., Tom Raum in Chicago and Nedra Pickler in Washington contributed to this report.

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Obama wins most delegates in Tuesday's primaries
 

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., smiles while speaking at a primary election night rally in Raleigh, N.C.,Tuesday, May 6, 2008, after sweeping to victory in the North Carolina presidential primary. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Obama wins most delegates in Tuesday's primaries

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER – 2 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Barack Obama climbed within 200 delegates of clinching the Democratic presidential nomination based on a split decision in Tuesday's primaries.

Obama won most of the delegates at stake in the two contests, picking up at least 94 delegates in the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, according to an analysis of election returns by The Associated Press. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won at least 79 delegates, with 14 still to be awarded.

Twelve of the outstanding delegates were from North Carolina and two were from Indiana.

In the overall race for the nomination, Obama led with 1,840.5 delegates, including separately chosen party and elected officials known as superdelegates. Clinton had 1,688.

That leaves Obama just 184.5 delegates shy of the 2,025 needed to secure the Democratic nomination.

There are 217 delegates at stake in the final six contests: West Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Montana and South Dakota. Obama, however, won't win enough of those delegates to claim the nomination because of the proportional method used by the Democrats to award them.

That leaves the nomination in the hands of about 270 superdelegates who have yet to be claimed. Superdelegates are the party and elected officials who will automatically attend the national convention and can support whomever they choose, regardless of what happens in the primaries and caucuses.

Nearly 800 superdelegates will attend the national convention. About 220 remain undecided and about 50 others will be named at state party conventions and meetings throughout the spring.

Obama argues that superdelegates should support the candidate who wins the most pledged delegates. Clinton says superdelegates should exercise independent judgment.

Obama is on pace to reach a majority of the pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses in two weeks, when Kentucky and Oregon vote. Obama has a 167-delegate lead among pledged delegates.

Clinton leads in superdelegate endorsements, 270.5 to 256, though Obama has been chipping away at her lead since the Super Tuesday contests on Feb. 5. Both candidates picked up a superdelegate endorsement Tuesday.

The AP tracks the delegate races by calculating the number of national convention delegates won by candidates in each presidential primary or caucus, based on state and national party rules, and by interviewing unpledged delegates to obtain their preferences.

Most primaries and some caucuses are binding, meaning delegates won by the candidates are pledged to support that candidate at the national conventions this summer.

Political parties in some states, however, use multistep procedures to award national delegates. Typically, such states use local caucuses to elect delegates to state or congressional district conventions, where national delegates are selected. In these states, the AP uses the results from local caucuses to calculate the number of national delegates each candidate will win, if the candidate's level of support at the caucus doesn't change.

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[chottala.com] Fwd: Jabbarer Bolikhela of Chittagong - by: Prof Abdul Mannan

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Jabbarer Bolikhela
at 99 still going strong
Abdul Mannan
By the time the readers read this, Chittagong's historic Jabbarer bolikhela (Jabar's wrestling) will be over. Count down will have started for the centenary celebration of the event next year. Began in 1909, this traditional Boishaki mela of Chittagong accompanied by free style wrestling has already managed to attract national and international media attention. The general people of Chittagong, awaits eagerly the entire year for this three day festival, the wrestling bout taking place on 12th. day of Boishak. Jabbarer bolikhela is perhaps the only Boishaki mela in the country which began hundred years back with a political message. The locals are fond of calling it 'Jabboirjar bolikhela.'
In Chittagong wrestling is known as boli khela; boli means wrestlers, khela means sport. It is a traditional popular game of the district, coming down from the days of the Muslim rule. The Muslim nobility used to keep in their pay roll well-known wrestlers who would put up a fight against their enemy in times of danger. These wrestlers would give demonstration of their physical strength and skill on suitable occasions in presence on large number of crowds. These wrestlers would train under different ustads and often they would meet in challenge bouts to the entertainment of the general public. Drums (dhol) would be beaten continuously while the wrestlers sweated out in the make shift sand or mud pits to beat each other. Jabberer bolikhela has somehow managed to cling to the tradition and in 2009 will be celebrating its centenary.
Chowdhury Jamal Khan of Chittagong had several slaves, who were noted for wrestling and arrow shooting. Bakshi Hamid, who had erected a mosque in 1684 in Banshkhali started a bolikhela in Bukshi's Chawri in village Ilsha in Banshkhali. It used to be held on flat hillock on the 1st of Boishak every year and attracted crowds from all over Chittagong. The Jabbararer bolikhela held at the Laldighi maidan is the biggest event in the district and now attracts people from all over the country, especially artisans and craftsmen who sells traditional household items, like earthen wares, cane furniture, earthen toys painted red and grey, hand fans with artistic designs, various household articles made of bamboo reeds, famous shitalpati (fine reed mats) of Satkania, summer fruits, most notable being giant cantaloupes and melons of Patenga (Patengar tormuz, currently a dying breed), traditional food items like chana monar teng, sirmai, batasha, anda mitai etc. Most of these wares and items would not be available during other times of the year.
Jabbarer bolikhela was started by Abdul Jabbar Sowdagar of Boxirhat (Badarpatti) and is held on 12th. Boishak every year. Now his grandsons organize it in memory of their grandfather. Abdul Jabbar Sowdagar's purpose of initiating the boilkhela was to organize and inspire the youths for anti-British movement.
It was done to instill a feeling amongst the young people of Chittagong, the feeling they are not physically weak to take on the colonial rulers when the time came. You just have to prepare yourself and wait for the right moment. The mela had a political message. Few years later in 1930, the youths of Chittagong staged the famous 'jubo bidroho' (youth revolution) under the leadership of Masterda Surya Sen in Chittagong and declared the independence of Chittagong. Chittagong remained independence for a day and a half.
Over the years Jabbarer bolikhela has managed to become a rallying point around which now a big three day Boishaki mela is held. Till the seventies, bamboo galleries would be built around the Laldighi maidan from where the spectators would have a better view of the wrestling for a fee. In the centre the wrestling pit would be situated. Most of wrestlers would come from South Chittagong, particularly from Anowara, Banshkhali, Swandiwip, Ukhiya, Teknaf, Chakaria, Moheshkhali, Kutubdia and Cox's Bazar. Now some bolis even come from other districts. These wrestlers were all amateurs and they would wrestle just to entertain the audience. On the day of the wrestling some wrestlers would take an extra egg or two for breakfast, assuming that it would give them some extra strength. Steroids was something not known to them. Once in a while even foreigners, who came to visit the mela would take off their shirts and jump in the pit. Few years back a German boli, while he was struggling to beat the Quddus Boli of Chittagong, managed to loose his belonging as the person who was holding them for him decided to walk away! One whose back touched the ground lost the bout. It was very simple. Bolis would invariably be dressed in lungi. These days some are wearing shorts. They would tie the lungi very tight and with the beating of the dhols enter the pit, rub some mud around their forehead and bow to the audience. The bout would begin amidst thunderous applause. Every boli would have his own supporters and even there would be informal betting. As the bolikhela was held in summer the schools would normally be on summer vacation. In the fifties when we were growing up my grandfather would come with a horse carriage (the famous open style ghorar gari of Chittagong with excellent leather upholstery) to take us to the bolikhela. Many parents would bring their children from the adjoining areas in reserved dilapidated buses (murir tin) to the bolikhela. Because of the crowd, we could never see the main bolikhela, until much later. My grandfather would make us sit inside the Laldighi park till the sun went down. Then the grand firework would begin and would last for two hours. It was a grand finale that would have everlasting impression amongst anyone who was there. As the night got deeper the sounds of the drum became fainter and people would be leaving for home. My grandfather would take us back to the ghorar gari to be taken back home. There are no bamboo made galleries in Jabbarer bolikhela now. Children do not come in ghorar gari any more. I am not sure how many children of today's generation are at all interested in any bolikhela. They have other options to entertain themselves. They are much more comfortable with computer games, cell phone pushing, game boys or MP3s. They perhaps enjoy more of choreographed wrestling on TV. But for people of my generation, yes we would like to talk about the Jabbarer Bolikhela to all our successive generations, because that is what makes us proud. Next year Jabbarer bolikhela will be celebrating its hundredth year. The civic leaders of the historic port city should make an all out effort to make it a national event and do everything necessary to inspire the young generation as to what life was all about in the yesteryears. Past glory needs to be preserved for posterity.
Professor Abdul Mannan is a former Vice-chancellor of Chittagong University. Currently he teaches at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. He can be contacted at abman1971@gmail.com.April 26, 2008
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