‘As if 1971 by no means occurred’: Why Bangladesh’s BNP is speaking like Awami League
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BNP’s Secretary Normal Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir acknowledged that efforts are being made to downplay the importance of the 1971 Liberation Warfare led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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The Bangladesh Nationalist Get together’s (BNP) Secretary Normal Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday expressed considerations over the erroding historical past of the nation below the interim authorities which took over after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster.
The celebration, which has emerged as an vital participant within the present political panorama of the Southeast Asian nation, took half in anti-Mujibur Rahman protests in the course of the current pupil rebellion that led to Hasina and her celebration, the Awami League’s downfall.
“Some folks, events, and teams try to make it appear as if 1971 by no means occurred… attempting to erase it from reminiscence. My mates, those that as soon as collaborated within the bloodbath, at the moment are talking louder than ever,” Alamgir mentioned, in accordance with a report by Occasions of India.
He acknowledged that efforts are being made to downplay the importance of the 1971 Liberation Warfare led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The BNP official mentioned that such makes an attempt will undermine the sacrifices made by a number of people within the struggle.
The assertion, seemingly aimed on the nationwide elections anticipated later this 12 months, suggests a attainable shift within the celebration’s place. Its members have been actively concerned in anti-Mujib protests each domestically and internationally, together with taking down his portrait from the Darbar Corridor of the President’s workplace and demolishing his residence at Dhanmondi 32.
The BNP secretary common added that individuals who have been concerned within the mass killings in the course of the struggle of independence at the moment are given an area to talk overtly about distorting the nation’s historical past.
BNP has, on a number of events, clashed with the Muhammad Yunus-led interim authorities over the election dates. Whereas the Khaleda Zia-led celebration has been pushing for early polls, the interim authorities has introduced that elections might be held by the tip of this 12 months. This has grow to be the newest level of rivalry between BNP and the interim authorities as indicators of rift forward of the polls grow to be obvious.
