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Terrorism
Bangladesh Style 1: BNP Frankenstein now after its Creator(s) Dr. Badruddoza Choudhury man handledA month back Dr. B. Choudhury, darling secretary general of Bangladesh National Party (Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Dal) of General Ziaur Rahman during the formative period of BNP declared after a period of hibernation that he would float a new political party, an alternative to both party in power and party in opposition. It soon became a talk of the town and very rapidly a term was coined �Bikalpa dharar rajniti� meaning Alternative path of Politics. The darling of both General Zia and of Begum Zia until all on a sudden he fell out grace of the great lady and kicked out of the presidency and the Bangavaban now testing the fruits of the baby tree of terrorism General Zia and B. Choudhury reaped in late seventy�s. The baby tree is no more a baby now; it has now taken the shape of a banyan tree with its innumerable roots penetrating socio- political and cultural soil of Bangladesh. Remember Niru-Bablu-Avi, the product of Hizbul Bahar phenomenon, groomed as budding terrorists equipped with modern arms only to be found in cantonment and trained as bomb and explosive device makers. Hundred and thousands of young and talented were recruited. The germination of terrorism in new phase was born in DU campus, which soon spread to all educational institutions, and in public. Weapons and arms became the language of students� politics. Banned were the decency, sense of refine-ness, politeness, respect from our students� political culture and vocabulry, and since then we may say from politics of students �Subacjan Nirvasane� (the sweet wards are banished). BNP terrorism is now a monster just like the mythical Frankenstein.
Dr. Choudhury asked for a permission to hold a convention in paltan maidan, which was denied to him. Then he decided to hold his convention in Muktangan on 11th March where he was supposed to declare his party and his party�s programme. �We took prior permission for holding the meeting at the Muktangan with public address system from the city mayor�s office�, claimed one organizer of �Alternative Politics�. The meeting was scheduled to be held at around 4 p.m. On the previous night when decorators went to construct the dais and set up public address system, they were driven out of the premise by a group of young men, alleged to have sympathy with BNP. The message was loud and clear what was to be expected next day �a reign of terror�. On the day of March 11, B. Choudhury, Major Dr. Abdul Mannan and Mr. Mahi Choudhury, both resigned from Parliament as MP couple of days back with their supporters not less than two hundreds started with procession from KC Memorial clinic, Baridhara, temporary office of the Bikalpa forum on way to Muktangan, Purana paltan at about 2-30 p.m. The procession was proceeding with 15 cars and microbuses. On their way at several points they were intercepted by the police and hundreds of youths equipped with rods etc hurled on them at every point of interception. The youths led an organized assault on Dr. Choudhury himself, Major Mannan and Mr. Mahi Choudhury when they left the cars and proceeded on foot. The goondas let loose by our madam PM started throwing brickbats, beating with rods and sticks etc. At one stage a motorbike attempted to run over Dr. Choudhury and his son. Luckily supporters of Dr. Choudhury managed to protect them. Hundreds of processionists were wounded including Major Mannan. When the assault was taking place, the police acted as mere on lookers. The object of the militant BNP supporters was achieved as they could successfully drove back and scatter out the mass intending to attend the meeting. Prof. Choudhury was taken back to KC memorial clinic in a microbus of Channel-I from the Khilgaon rail gate, where he was surrounded by the BNP terrorists shouting obscene slogans like �Badruddozar chamara, tule nebo amra�, a fine exposition of respect and modesty to their party�s founder president and their nominated Country�s President. The supporters also cold successfully escort out Mahi and Mannan out of the furry of BNP mastans. The police first intercepted Choudhury�s procession of cars at Nutan Bazar. They diverted it towards Asian Highway Rail crossing near Kuril, where once again police stopped the motorcades by bringing down the railway barricade saying that a train was coming. As a traffic jam was created the processionists got out of the cars and held an unscheduled rally there. Professor Choudhury in his address declared, �Our procession is being intercepted in an undemocratic way. This revealed the autocratic nature of the government, and hence it has no legal basis to stay in power. � When being asked, a police officer on the spot expressed �We have nothing to do, whatever we are doing at the instance from the top (oporwala). At this stage, they started walking in procession leaving the automobiles. The police again stopped the procession at the staff railway crossing. At this stage two supporters carried Choudhury and Mannan on motorbike covering long 6 km distance reaching Mhakhali railway crossing where once again they were intercepted by the police on the plea that no procession is allowed to pass through VIP road advising them to follow the path through Tejgaon industrial area. They decided to hold the assembly and rally there. Prof. Choudhury said in his address, �The government�s behavior is cruel and detestable and extremely beastly. This government has no right to stay in power.� As Major Mannan took the microphone and started addressing the assembly, a gang of terrorists and goondas armed with rods and sticks hurled on the assembly with motorbikes and started throwing brickbats. Major Mannan got injured with a brickbat. The assembly immediately got scattered as a few rounds of bullet-firing were heard. Major Mannan was carried to elsewhere with a police van. A motorbike attacked Mahi Choudhury as it wanted to run over him. Some supporters removed him from the spot to a safer place. On the other hand Dr. Choudhury, being wounded by a stone throw ran along the railway track for safety and sat over there tired. He was kept surrounded by large number supporters forming a protecting human barricade. The goondas continued to hurl on stones and brickbats. At this stage he was rescued by one or two police officer and driven to KC Memorial Clinic. In this way came the end of rally of B. Choudhury. B. Choudhury must have been thinking �are they my boys� and remembering the story of Frankenstein. But Badu Choudhury, as he is satirically called by his critics may draw some solace that this time �it is me, but who knows it would be you, all powerful lady the next target of the Frankenstein ! The
drama at Muktangan Simultaneously at Muktangan another drama was taking place. The heroes were the golden boys of our madam PM. Her golden boys took the possession of the premises of Muktangan under the banner of �Welfare Association of the Homeless� (Bastuhara Klyan Samiti), an organization formed overnight to spoil the meeting of B. Choudhury. They openly used filthy language against their erstwhile leader Dr. B. Choudhury and his supporters. The intercepted any groups or processions coming to attend the rally of Dr. Choudhury. Some were severely beaten, even veteran journalist Ataus Samad, a pro BNP intellectual was maltreated when he asked the occupier of the premises thinking them as the organizers of B. Choudhury�s meeting about B. Choudhury�s whereabouts. A procession of layers was beaten back and manhandled by the golden pieces of Madame Zia. A day before, the great lady declared that �Ora Bikalpa Shakati noy, BNP�r kono bikalpa nai, ora Bikal Sjhakti� (they are not alternative force, there is no alternative to BNP; they are crippled force). The golden boys of the BNP got the message, and materialized their Madam�s words to reality. They really made B. Choudhury ineffective by shear brutal force with the aid of our dear police force whose duty were to protect the mild and not the notorious, but they changed their role at the instruction of the oporwalas.
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