By Sahidul Hasan Khokon: The Organizing Secretary of the ruling Awami League in Bangladesh, BM Muzammel Haque, believes that if the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-Jamaat-e-Islami comes again to energy, management of Bangladesh will go into the palms of the Pakistani intelligence company Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
Bangladesh will elect its subsequent authorities in elections that might be held in December this yr or early January 2024.
Claiming that the BNP was created by the ISI, the veteran politician stated that if BNP-Jamaat involves energy, the event of Bangladesh shall be hindered and it’ll additionally trigger harm to India.
In an interview with India Today, Muzammel stated that after the defeat of the 1971 struggle of independence, the ISI killed the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, as a part of a world conspiracy. “Basically, through this, they took control of Bangladesh at that time. They destroy our spirit of freedom, our constitution and halt the march of secular Bangladesh,” he stated.
Claiming that Bangladesh was managed by the ISI for 21 years from 1975 to 1996, the highest native chief of the Awami League stated that for a very long time, the nation had been following the sample of the Pakistani regime. “Militancy was cultivated here in the name of anti-India. This is what BNP-Jamaat has implemented for ISI,” Muzammel stated.
BM Muzammel additionally stated that General Zia fashioned the BNP on the prescription of ISI and rehabilitated the opponents of the independence struggle. “During this period, General Zia killed thousands of freedom fighters and people with the spirit of the liberation war. Besides rehabilitating the anti-independence party in his own party, the general made the Jamaat a political path,” he informed India Today.
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“The Jamaat, which organized millions of massacres, rapes, arson and other crimes against humanity in the liberation war, got political asylum and turned Bangladesh towards Pakistan again just 4 years after the liberation war,” Muzammel alleged.
Terming the BNP as India’s enemy, this Awami League chief stated that from 1975 to 1995, opposition to India reached its peak in Bangladesh.
“We saw the anti-India card being used a lot in politics in the 90s. At that time, voters heard BNP-Jamaat saying that ‘boats are shown in different parts of India’, ‘Delhi will be Dhaka if Sheikh Hasina comes to power’ or ‘Masjids will become Hindu shelters’. Through such propaganda, an attempt was made to sow a kind of anti-India and anti-Awami League seed among the people. The BNP’s anti-India sentiments became evident during their rule. During that period, very few agreements in Bangladesh were executed with India,” the Awami League chief stated.
ELECTION CONSPIRACY
BM Muzammel Haque termed the BNP-Jamaat as an anti-independence, power-hungry, plunderer of individuals’s wealth, and stated that their purpose is to seize state energy by way of the again door by making a chaotic scenario. He stated, “Anti-independence activists are being vocal once again about the elections. Their target is to disrupt the progress of democracy. They hired mercenary intellectuals and commentators at home and abroad with looted money.”
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He stated, “We are expecting a free, fair, impartial and competitive election. This is the first time a law has been passed in Bangladesh to form the Election Commission. The Election Commission has been given financial independence. The commission is working independently and will continue to do so in the future. The government will provide all assistance to the Election Commission for fair and peaceful elections.”
Muzammel Haque informed India Today, “The Awami League is a party of the people, believes in the peace of the people, and believes in the power of the people. If the Awami League wins, it will continue to fulfil the national responsibility of building the country.”
AWAMI LEAGUE’S CONFIDENCE IN PUBLIC
Muzammel Haque stated that after constructing a digital Bangladesh, the following purpose of our authorities is to construct a sensible Bangladesh. Our staff has taken the initiative to coach the youth by taking numerous elements of the fourth industrial revolution, he stated.
“The use of robotics, artificial intelligence, nano technology, genetic engineering, biotechnology i.e. digital devices will be ensured in all fields including smart Bangladesh, smart government, smart population, smart industrial factories and trade, health, education, trade, agriculture. Emphasis is placed on research in all areas,” Muzammel stated.
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He stated, “Since 2009, the Bangladesh Awami League government has been in charge of running the country after being elected by the people. People will judge and analyze what the Awami League has been able to give to the country in the last 14 years. I believe the people will not take the country back, they will re-elect the Awami League and continue the country’s progress.”
Claiming that Bangladesh is shifting in direction of the specified purpose, the highest native chief of the Awami League stated, “When we assumed the responsibility of running the government in 2009, the global recession was still going on. The prices of daily necessities, including rice, were skyrocketing. On the other hand, people’s purchasing power went downward. We took the responsibility of running the government in such an economic crisis.”
“Now after ‘Rupkalpo 2021’, we have formulated ‘Rupkalpo 2041’ and ‘Delta Plan 2100’. In Vision 2021, we wanted to build Digital Bangladesh besides achieving other goals. Today, we can say with satisfaction that we have been able to fulfill that promise,” Muzammel said.
‘Vision 2041’ aims to establish Bangladesh as a developed and prosperous country on the world map by 2041. The goal of ‘Delta Plan 2100’ is to make Bangladesh a sustainably developed and prosperous country.
He also said, “Our authorities has accomplished the development of Padma Bridge with its personal funding, ignoring numerous obstacles. This bridge straight connects 21 districts of the south and south-western areas with Dhaka and different districts by highway. With the inauguration of Metrorail on December 28, we have now touched one other milestone in connectivity.”
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He claimed, “The nice achievements, together with the institution of an impartial sovereign Bangladesh, have been achieved by the palms of the Awami League authorities. And the individuals will convey it again to energy.”
2001 to 2006 – BNP-JAMAAT ALLIANCE MISRULE
Referring to the darkish chapter of the BNP-Jamaat alliance’s 5-year rule, BM Muzammel Haque stated that the Jamaat-BNP alliance got here again to energy in 2001 by way of farcical elections. “Those 5 years of BNP-Jamaat coalition government was a scandalous chapter in the history of Bangladesh. People of this country have never seen the milestones that the coalition government set in misrule, including killings, disappearances, rapes, looting, terrorism, spreading the poison of communalism and fostering militancy.”
“Thousands of Awami League leaders and activists were killed at that time. The wheels of the economy came to a standstill. Inflation, rise in commodity prices, decline in power generation, decline in literacy made people’s lives miserable. At the end of the term, by resorting to various tactics, it created obstacles in the normal transfer of power. 1 crore 23 lakh fake voters were included in the voter list as they conspired to bypass the electoral process,” Muzammel informed India Today.
In the face of such an anarchic scenario, the military-backed caretaker authorities declared a state of emergency and took over the duty of operating the nation. Not solely did they fail to fulfill the expectations of the individuals, however they tarnished numerous establishments, together with the military.
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Then, a suitable election was held on December 29, 2008. The Awami League received greater than two-thirds of the seats in that election and fashioned the federal government.
REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNICATION SECTOR
BM Muzammel Haque stated revolutionary growth has been achieved within the final 14 years within the communication sector. “The construction of bridges over major rivers was necessary to establish uninterrupted road and rail connectivity in riverine Bangladesh. In the last 14 years, our government has constructed and reconstructed hundreds of bridges, roads, highways including Padma Bridge, Bangabandhu Jamuna Bridge, Teesta Bridge, Payra Bridge, II Kanchpur Bridge, II Meghna, II Gomti Bridge,” the chief stated.
Published On:
Apr 1, 2023
