Untold Facts

No 15th August 1975: Yes BAKSAL: No Multi-Party Democracy

Bangladesh enjoys plural and multi-party democratic Parliament just as of to day going on uninterrupted for the last three decades; could that be so, had there been no 15th August 1975 change? No, not, at all. Why then among many beneficiaries and lovers of democracy the present government of multi-party beneficiary, as well, and not of the notorious BAKSAL, has been unduly chasing the heroes who killed BAKSAL and reintroduced multi-party democracy in the country? Was it for any good reason or foolishness of the epical Kalidas or for ego of the beastly vengeance?

It was certainly true that Bangladesh won her independence, one fundamental commitment being to adhere to plural democracy. Somehow it worked for about three years during 1972 to 1974. In 1975 January the veil of multiparty democracy was removed and imposed then on caring little for the aspiration of the people the one party dictatorship of the BAKSAL. Ironically, the person and the ‘charismatic’ leader who rose to peak of ‘popularity’ for the trumpeted bandwagon of democracy did unceremoniously put the last nail in the coffin of the multi-party concept and instead imposed lone party in the country turning himself into the absolute leader of the party and of the country for running dictatorship, hardly of benevolent but of malevolent nature.

The excuse given for the unwelcome dictatorship was for greater welfare of the common people that had become already by that time incredible for all the shades of the party cadres’ illegal and immoral robbing of public properties through all possible known and crafty foul means. They enjoyed lives mainly through illegal and immoral means but the majority suffered.

The dictatorship from early 1972 internally suppressed all genuine grievances of the people, on the one hand, and on the other, played subservient roles to Delhi. The internal repression had the ferocity of the private hoodlum forces and the Indian R&AW (Intelligence) engineered and unconstitutional Para military force euphemistically called the JATIYA RAKHSMI BAHINI that perpetrated all forms of inhuman tortures on unaccounted thousands and killed with impunity, according to some estimate, 40,000 or so patriotic youths in those three and a half years of the Faraohni rule. The term FARAOH for Sheikh Mujib was used by the one time Awami League leader and Speaker of the Parliament (now late) Abdul Malek Ukil soon after the 15th August successful coup he went on for the first visit to Europe. One must realize the deep despise Mujib very rightly had among his colleagues in the party for all undemocratic approaches. That is what many termed the post 15th August coup President Khondoker Moustaque government comparable to the role prophet Moses played in facing up to the most notorious Egyptian King Faraoh of the pre historic period. The 15th August 1975 change was thus rightly the Day of Deliverance or the historic NAJAT DIBASH.

The immediate beneficiary of the 15th August coup was the country for that abandoned the one party BAKSAL and paved ways for transition back to multi-party democracy and civility once again for Bangladesh.

Unfortunately, the present government of Bangladesh run by the revengeful offspring of the FARAOH has gone on with all offensive propaganda to wrongly project him a god of the land and so in a way the BAKSAL, as well. The judiciary is known to be intimidated by not only the party cadres but also by some ministers of the cabinet for securing a verdict of the Supreme Court in the particular case in favor of and eulogizing the fallen god, just only to decry multiparty democracy.

Only the Almighty Allah can save rule of law for democracy, at this stage, particularly, the threatened integrity and independence of the judiciary from the evil clutches of the neo BAKSALites.

Author: Dr. M.T. Hussain