Untold Facts

Eye wash or window dressing

A high ranking Opposition stalwart, as the report published in his verbatim in some dailies on the 7th June, stated in an open discussion forum that the Awami League must seek apology for all their misdeeds during Mujib’s rule during 1972-75. Would that be enough to ask from them? How about not referring with deep hatred the significant other anti-national actions they orchestrated during 1996-2001 and as well as of one and half year misrule now on since January 2009? Did he not try to act to hedge Hasina’s past and present oppressive misrule and her killing democracy and supporting her tacitly in many grossly anti-national activities and leading the country to re-embark fully on to the BKSAL?

The truth about the first to mention is that Hasina’s oppressive misrule, more or less, still in people’s memory but the 1972-75 of her father and of the same party that ended 35 years ago that had been given to let to be almost totally forgotten in the memory of the present generation in which the Opposition has a lot contribution. The present generation rather, hurrah, to the endless uninterrupted huge mountain of propaganda, have began to forget Mujib’s role of betrayal repeated in history like that of the Mir Zafar of Pallasey’s 1757 A.D. and so many have accepted him without serious question as the angel of the time, if not for worship as demigod by the Muslims for their belief in the Tawheed or Absolute Monotheism.

There must not have any doubt that the people soon after 1971 independence had started to bitterly realize that Hasina’s father was nothing but a demagogue. Unfortunately they had no scope for respite from the demagogue’s absolute rule until fortune favored people all in the successful army coup organized and operated by a few exceptional quality heroes of the army middle ranks who in turn had jubilant support from the people at home and abroad. Anything short of due and honest appreciation of the heroic act could hardly be of any worth of condemnation of the Awami League/ BKSAL.

The Opposition, the main being the BNP’s stalwarts, have had always shied away from the great event of history of Bangladesh. In other words, they have only, in this matter, lined up tacitly at least with the Hasina’s demonic administration of shear vengeance against the heroes during 1996-20001. Among many examples, they did not oppose the Indemnity Act repeal bill in the Parliament in late 1996. Very cleverly they boycotted the session while the repeal bill had been passed with slender majority, not two third as required, as if they had nothing to do uphold the 15th August 1975 revolutionary change, the stark reality though remained that had there been no 15th August, BNP would not have even been born. The rebirth of some other minor Muslim/Islamic parties as well would not see any light of the day for democracy and pluralism. On this account, it is clear a thesis proved that they have no identity except as the betrayer just as the Awami League happens to be for the people and of the country.

God willing should the right sense prevail now, they have to keep on condemning the judicial murder of the five of the heroes executed in unusual haste on the 27-28 midnight 2010 in the Dhaka Central Prison so that the sins already committed by the opportunist Opposition elements might be reprieved to some extent. Otherwise, it will remain an eye wash to hoodwink common people or for something of window dressing to artificially cover up their gravely sinful omission.

Author: BK Din