Mimicking Bangabandhu, a national disgrace!
14 March 2013, 18:00 PM
UPDATED
17 March 2013, 02:21 AM
Saleh Mohammad Ayub, Houston, Texas, USA
Bangabandhu with the writer's three elder siblings in the early fifties in Karachi
I attended the historic March 7, 1971 public meeting along with my late father, the founding director of the erstwhile Central Testing Laboratories now Bangladesh Standards Testing Institution.
The place where Bangabandhu delivered his historic March 7 speech deserves special significance in the history of Bangladesh, as that particular speech led to the emergence of a new nation at the cost of three million lives.
I am neither a supporter of Awami League nor BNP or any political party of Bangladesh as most of the politicians are morally and politically bankrupt and has nothing to give to the nation other than plundering and amassing the resources of the country.
I am attaching herewith a rare picture of late Bangabandhu with my three elder siblings, who are now in their late sixties and early seventies, from our family archive, taken some time in the early fifties in Karachi by our late father. Due to the nature of his profession and posting, my late father was a good friend of Bangabandhu and also a colleague of late Mansur Rahman, father of late president Ziaur Rahman. Personally, I am a fan of both these leaders. I firmly believe, had there been no Bangabandhu there would have been no Bangladesh. Bangabandhu has given us an independent identity and Ziaur Rahman laid the foundation for a prosperous new nation.
I was utterly shocked to see on television Dr. Imran H Sarker delivering his speech, perhaps at the same place, mimicking Bangabandhu, where history was made. To me it is a disgrace to Bangabandhu. I completely fail to understand how the incumbent government led by none other than the daughter of Bangabandhu, Sheikh Hasina, could have allowed such an incident to take place.
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