Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh Awami League is a party formed from the soil and people of this country. If we look at the organization of the people, the organization of the masses, the Awami League is an organization formed by the grassroots people. At the same time there are communist parties or other parties, there are smaller parties, but the main organization is the Bangladesh Awami League. The creation of the Awami League to emancipate the oppressed and deprived people of this country. Whenever the Awami League has run the state, the fate of these deprived people has changed. If it can be considered as a political occupation, there are some left parties here, there are some right-wing parties, but as a party of true masses, if there is any party for Bangladesh, it is the only Bangladesh Awami League.
The Prime Minister said this while virtually joining the party's founding anniversary discussion meeting at the party's central office at 23 Bangabandhu Avenue on Wednesday (June 23).
Sheikh Hasina said the Awami League was established on June 23, 1949. It is very much strange that on 23 June 1757, the Nawab of Bangla, Bihar, Odissa Nawab Sirajuddowla was defeated in the battle of Palassy. Mir Zafar, his commander-in-chief, conspired behind that defeat. Bangla, Bihar, Odissa was then an independent territory. But it fell into the hands of the British merchants. The British colonial power seized power. This slavery lasted for about 200 years. In 1947, a state called Pakistan was created which had two wings, one in East Bengal and another in West Pakistan. If we look at the history of the creation of Pakistan, it is the contribution of these Bengalis behind the creation of Pakistan, but after the creation of Pakistan, the Bengalis were the victims of exploitation and deprivation and lose the right to speak their mother tongue. The Awami League was established on 23rd June to establish the rights of these Bengalis. The sun of independence set on June 23 in the mango grove of Palassy. It seems that the Awami League was formed on June 23 to raise that sun.
She said that the victory we achieved under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the great war of liberation in 1971. The first government in independent Bangladesh when the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was formed, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was nominated as President, Syed Nazrur Islam as Vice President and Tajuddin Ahmed as Prime Minister. The first government of independent Bangladesh was sworn in at that time.
The Awami League president said Bangabandhu had a power to create organizations. She emphasized the importance of strengthening the organization. Because he knew that no achievement is possible without organization. When he saw that the Bengalis were exploited and humiliated. The only way out of this exploitation and deprivation was to achieve independence and there was no other way. That's how he built the organization. The Awami League is for the people of this country. The people of this country have given everything they got to the Awami League. The language movement started in 1947 and Bangabandhu formed Chhatra League before the language movement started. But he started his struggle on January 4, 1948 with Chhatra League. The Awami League was born in 1949. After the establishment of Awami, the language struggle continued.
She added that the Jukta Front government was formed, but it did not last long. When martial law was promulgated in 1957, politics was banned, and the Father of the nation spent most of his time in prison. The Awami League was reorganized in 1964. Then Maulana Tarkbagish was the president and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib was the general secretary. When he gave 6 points in that year. In February, when he gave 6 points, the council meeting which is held in March is on 18, 19 and 20 March. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib was elected President of the Awami League and Tajuddin Ahmed was elected General Secretary at the 19th Council. He toured the whole of Bangladesh with his 6 points. The then Pakistani government arrested him. He was arrested in May. Within a few days, this 6 points was established as a charter of liberation for the people. Not only this, Awami League played a leading role in every struggle.
She said, "If we look at the loss of martyrs in the liberation war, how many people have given their lives for the establishment of this country, the Awami League as the only political organization and how many political parties in this country have sacrificed." Many people said a lot and some said it is becoming a team. If we look at the organization of the people, the organization of the masses, the organization formed by the grassroots people, it is the Awami League. At the same time there are small parties like Communist Party or other parties but the main organization is Bangladesh Awami League. In contrast to the parties that cries. How were they created?
She further said that on 15th August, 1975, the military government seized power through a conspiracy through assassinating the Father of the Nation. He first came to power and declared himself as the President. He seized power, broke all the rules of the army, declared himself and then re-entered politics. One of the parties formed while martial law was in power was the BNP and the other was the Jatiya Party. The BNP and the Jatiya Party did not rise from the people or work for the welfare of the people. A team created by seizing power. I think those who criticize should remember.
The Awami League president said that the power game that has been going on in Bangladesh for a long time is the way Ayub Khan came as the army chief in 1957 from the Pakistan period. After Ayub Khan came to power, Ziaur Rahman became the President at the same time and declared himself as the President again. General Ershad also followed his footsteps.
She said the Awami League and Awami League leaders are the ones who have fought for the rights of the people of this country. We have been able to restore democracy as the leaders of Awami League have struggled. If you consider the development of Bangladesh today, it is also in the hands of Awami League. The only reason for this is because they are an organization of the masses of this country, they have seen the deprivation and exploitation of the deprived people. They have realized the suffering of human beings. The Awami League was created to liberate a nation afflicted with the scourge of poverty, who once had no place to live, no place to live, no cure for disease, no hope, no education, nothing.
The Awami League has been hit. But I would say Awami League is a piece of diamond. The more attempts have been made to break it, the more manpower has increased, the more new light has spread. So no matter how hard you try to destroy this organization, you can't.