Armed forces
Their role is appreciated whenever they come forward to strengthen the democratic culture in the country. The way they played their role in 1991,1996 and 2007 will be remembered with due honour. The introduction of voter ID is the most unique example of their commitment and sincerity in protecting the rights of the common men of our country. But I feel sorry when I notice how a section of the armed forces has been desperately trying to distort the history of their motherland. It was not their business to show who is our number one leader in the Liberation War. It is clear like daylight who led our war and under whose name the Liberation War was fought. But it was a willing suspension of a truth on which the country was founded. These ambivalent characters are always boneless and they are the beneficiaries of every regime. Now it is time to identify those characters to bring a change in different sectors, including Armed Forces.
There should be a written law in different administrative wings with a provision that anybody distorting the history of our war would be punished. Anybody who feels shy to utter the name of Bangabandhu should be brought under its jurisdiction. Bangabandhu is our Washington, Bangbandhu is our Gandhi, our Nelson Mandela.
His patriotism was unquestionable when he refused to accept an American diplomat's request to set up an US base in St. Martin's Island after the November cyclone in 1970. I think his daughter was able to feel the pulse. To honour this attitude of her father a naval war ship was named “Bangabandhu”. Unfortunately, after 2001 the name was changed. Why was this done?
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