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Subject: [chottala.com] MUJIB IN SHAHED ALI'S DEATH: A CHAIR HIT THE DEPUTY SPEAKER'S HEAD
MUJIB IN SHAHED ALI'S DEATH: A CHAIR HIT THE DEPUTY SPEAKER'S HEAD
Abid Bahar
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the most admired and at the same time controversial leader of Bangladesh who after his return from Pakistan was awarded "the father of the nation" title by the AL but lost the title again after his installation of one party BKSAL dictatorship. Mujib was also killed by freedom fighters, but even after his death he continued to draw respect from the AL that previously named him as most revered the Bangabandhu (the friend of Bengal).
Research on his life shows Mujib's career took off mainly after he founded the Chatro League. For his non-student like behavior however, he was also expelled from Dhaka University. Despite his rough road to success it was Mujib who presented the historic 7th March Jodi "If" speech.
Kamruddin Ahamed, a contemporary writer of Mujib's early years in politics shows that Mujib used fistfight in election centres during the United Front election to fight against his opponents. Today we see Chatro League cadres openly fight with guns to ward off the opposition members from voting centres. Immediately after Hasina took over power in 2008, Awami League cadres among other places and university campuses occupied the BNP Ramna office. Tofossal Hossain Manik Mia, of the daily Ittifaq notes in his book that Mujib regularly used widespread blackmailing and rumor as a tool to put down his opponents position.
New information came to the surface that Mujib was also involved in Shahed Ali's death, which led to the dissolution of the United Front government and the Martial Law by Ayub in Pakistan. Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia reveals that Mujib's conspiracy to end Fazlul Haque led United Front was motivated by his greater interest to serve his party, the Awami League. Mujib latter confessed that to Manik Mia such move was necessary to serve Awami League's interest. It is a known fact that Mujib always prioratised with his party interest over the people's interest as testified also by Ataur Rahman Khan, mentioned in Abul Mansur Ahamed in his book. If this is true, it seems that very early on Mujib was showing the signs of a fascist, that fascists use their part apparatus to oppress people.
Shahed Ali's death
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It was "20th September 1958, the date scheduled for reopening the East Pakistan Legislative Assambly…"
"Speaker Abul Halim complained to President Mirza that he had been threatned with physical violence by Awami League leaders including Mujib if he entered the Legislative building."
"Despite the threats he did assume the Speaker's chair when the assembly convened. But legislators began physically assaulting each other, liberally using as weapons whatever they could find to hand, including microphones and staff bearing the national standard. The Speaker shouted out an adjoinment order and fled the chambers. As the Awami League members refused to obey that order, Deputy Speaker Shahed Ali took over."
On 23 October, "despite illness and reluctance to get embroiled in the Awami League's disputes with its critics, Shahed Ali Conceded…" Missiles including parts of the chamber's furniture were thrown and a chair hit the Deputy Speaker in the head." These (injured) men, (Mujib was not one of them) and the Deputy Speaker were taken to hospital where two days later, Shahed Ali expired." There was a gang of six Awami League members who were instrumental at throwing chairs with Sarkar and his loyalists; one of the chairs hit Shahed Ali.
During this time, Mujib was starting to be the driving force within the Awami League the Party now slowly being taken over by Suhrowarthy. Realizing this trend Bhasani previously left Awami League to start a new party called the NAP.
During this time, it was a uncivil behavior of politicians "who apparently unable to either constitutionally rule the country or manage the political differences in a civil fashion."
" On 7th October. Mirza proclaimed Martial Law throughout the country and appointed Ayub Khan as the Chief Martial Law Administrator, handing him the state's executive powers."
It was also the end of Bengali people's United Front. Surprisingly, Mujib was brought to politics by Suhrowarthy but before the latter's death he in an article published in the Ittifaq about Mujib's growing cadre style violent power politics and its future implications. True, Mujib's style "was my way or no way politics." The life of Mujib shows, Mujib was not such a naïve politician, as most people would think of. He repeatedly reminded his close associated that he knew what was doing. The source of his success and also his failure during the post liberation period (the rise and fall) was due his reliance on cadre politics.
It is true, Mujib couldn't compromise with the West Pakistani leaders on his six point demands especially on having separate currencies. While Mujib's 7th March Speech followed by Bhasani's 9th March Speech prepared the nation to fight for independence against Pakistani army but alas after the 7th Mujib continued negotiation and he dressed up to surrendered on 25th March and his family remained safe in Dhaka but a genocide was carried out by the Pakistani army on the ordinary citizens. Mujib returns back from Pakistan to claim for himself the "father of the Nation."
During the post liberation period Mujib establishes a one party BKSAL rule and bans all the opposition newspapers, ruins the economy by his cadres and a "man-made" famine was there in 1974 when a hundred thousand people lost their lives. As an inefficient administrator favouring his cadres like Golam Mostafa, he brought the name for Bangladesh as the "bottomless basket case."
Today as we look back for the sources of cadre politics in Bangladesh, we see Mujib the founding father of Chatro League, the member of the gang of six at Shahed Ali's death who was also the man who killed the infant democracy in Bangladesh.
In 1975 after Sheraj Sikder's capture, Sikder was brought to Dhaka at the Rakkhi Bahini head quarter where Mujib personally "talked to him" before giving order to kill him. After Sikder's killing without trial, Mujib like a thug but now with the title"Father of the nation" standing at the Parliament boostfully said, "Sheraj Sikder, where are you now?"He aso said " Jatir pitha hoichee bolea noitho Lal ghora dabaidetam."
Mujib's such assertions no doubt rings the bell about his unique style politics that runs in the Awami League political tradition. But while Shahed Ali died within two days after his head injuries, Mujib survived long but died within the same year as Seraj Sikder. Despite Mujib's many significant contributions, not surprisingly Mujib's legendry thug style cadre politics, also known to the contemporary political analysts as his "fascist political style"while made him adorable through propaganda only during his Awami League in power, however, the wise Khalida of the BNP keeps herself allof from the Awami League's frenzy showing respect to Mujib perhaps to remind the nation that Mujib style politics running in Hasina's tradition is the root of all evil ruinning Bangladesh. True, remembering Hasina, the like father like daughter, we see her pledge when she said "for one dead body, you will see there would be ten dead bodies of the opposition members." True, in 2008, on open daylight there were 10 people killed in front of the Baitul Mokarrum ground by Awami League cadres. Thus, following Mujib style power politics, Hasina Awami League's tradition of finding enemies within Bangladesh and friends for connectivity outside continues.
References:
Kamruddin Ahamed, Banglar Ak Modhubetter Atho Kahini (Bengali), Dhaka.p. 1-4, 15, 1979;
Mujib's Role on the 25th March
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=hp#!/photo.php?fbid=129324207126151&set=a.106033789455193.4807.100001457183148&pid=174105&id=100001457183148
Toffozal Hossain Manik Mia, Pakistani Rajnitir Bish Botshor, pp. 68-69, 86-87, 90-91 talks about Mujib's widespread use of blackmailing intimidation and force to push through his agenda.
Abid Bahar's recently published book SEARCHING FOR BHASANI, CITIZEN OF THE WORLD, 2010, p. 209. The director in charge of the Radio station was Kamal Lohani recorded that Mujib personally warned Lohani not to give Bhasani grand coverage as a hero at Bhasani's return from India. He was very annoyed with Lohani. But openly Mujib showed great respect for Bhasani. It seems that the clever Mujib used Bhasani whenever needed.
A large part of the book (originally from Abid Bahar's Ph.D. dissertation "The Religious and Philosophical basis of Bhasani, 203, Concordia University)discusses about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Article: Abid Bahar, Bangabandu Mujib and Benito Mussolini: Striking Similarities, http://bangladesh- web.com/view. php?hidRecord= 218125
Book: Abid Bahar's online book :An Illustrated history of Bangabandhu and Bangladeshhttp://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/bdresearchers/message/4231http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/13272772/1942031688/name/Book,+An+Illustrated+History+of+Bangabandu+and+Bangladesh.doc
Amartya Sen, Poverty and Famines (Famine in Bangladesh, p. 131), New
York: Oxford University Press,
Badruddin Umar on Sheikh Mujib's role in Language Movement
http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2010/02/04/16926
Bangladesh Strategic Studies
http://www.bdsdf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=4601&st=15
Mujib's Lost Page
http://www.savebd.com/articles/mujibs-lost-page/
Major Dalim's Story about Why they attacked Mujib in 1975:
Article:
Major Dalim says: "My self and my wife were kidnapped by Gazi Golam Mustafa (taken to Mujib's house)"
Check the following link:
Link:
Abid Bahar, Bangabandu Vs. Mussolini of Italy: Striking Similarities
S. Mahmud Ali, Understanding Bangladesh, http://books.google.com/books?id=FD2KzBG1ejwC&lpg=PA25&dq=shahid+ali+deputy+speaker&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q=shahid%20ali%20deputy%20speaker&f=false
Abid Bahar, Tajuddin's Prophecy
Abid Bahar, Dhaka is not the Fools's Capital
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