Bangabandhu
If you have gone through the dailies or watched in the TV news the chronology of what happened in March of 1971, from the first through 25th, under the title “the days of tumultuous March”, you have again come to know who was that man whom the people of the then East Bengal, later East Pakistan, made their undisputed leader, who by virtue of his people's mandate led movement after movement against the state and government of Pakistan and sat across the table with the Pakistani Military Junta and Political Coterie and led marathon parleys in order to resolve the issues of future Pakistan on the basis of his Six-point, and who stood out to be the people's sole and supreme leader to hear from and obey, indeed as a king without the crown, and who drew the attention of the world press and the world leaders who saw in him the leader to make history. He was Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
What an unfortunate nation we are! That great son of the soil, the greatest ever Bengalee, remains unsung by the State!
After the present army-backed regime took over, Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed made it clear on a few occasions that Bangabandhu would be given his due recognition of being the architect of this nation, virtually the father of the nation.
But what we watch in practice is different…
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