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National unity for development
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :
National unity and integrity are essential to promote a country. The title name may appear similar with the saying ‘where there is a will, there is a way’. We may call it as a parody of the proverb or the saying. Whatever it is termed about the title name, my aim is to convey the message how integrity and unity are combinedly contributing to nation. It is significantly stated that, both unity national integration play a very vital role for solid foundation of nationalism, secularism, socialism and democracy. National integrity is part and parcel of modernization. The other name of national integration is also the political integration. Political integration is a process through which the different racial peoples are brought to one under a common unit of geography in the perspect of culture, civilization and socialization. In short, it is a combined process of different opinions, concepts and philosophies. Prof. Nazrul Islam says that declaration of unified thoughts for national interest is the national integration. Prof. S. P. Huntington also says that when people works together to attain a common objective of development, removing all the narrowness from peoples mind is termed as national integration. In different countries of the world national integration is facing some problems. The total problems of integration can never be met. Somewhere it is partially solved and it exists partially in society. Where there is a total solution of the problem then there will prevail the heavenly state in the world. Now I will discuss on the point of unity.
The term unity or national intimacy together so as to from one whole to combine in a whole. We all know the very proverb ‘unity is strength’. The sense of intimacy is very influencing as determinant or catalyst in our family life as well as social and national life. In the primitive age, men were alone. They did not understand society and they were very helpless at that time. In the early stage of civilization men could realize that, without social life men cannot survive. So, they were united and organized. Men could understand that, without unity or national intimacy, no nation can survive. However, we as citizen of Bangladesh are enjoying the charms of national intimacy and integration in full or partial. By this time, we have passed 50 years from liberation and Bangladesh is going to celebrate its glory or 50 years of birth anniversary. The people of Bangladesh had a dream that by establishing a independent state the country will be economically solvent. It is time to calculate how far we could achieve till today. After 50 years we have become a lower mid level earning country and from graduation to a developing country there is a possibility of achieving mid level earning country by 2021 and we have a targeted plan to be a developed country by 2041. There are many things behind for overall development of a country. But it is the national intimacy can help to promote a country. Whether our future Bangladesh will be well structured or will have an well arranged and disciplined Bangladesh it will depend on our national intimacy.
National intimacy is essential for every state National intimacy and unity can make us problem free. It can also remove any crisis, economic deficiencies, illiteracy and poverty and ultimately a country leads to a self reliant and positive state. It is to bear in mind that if a country is economically sound then we call it a well-fare state. Until we are economically sound, a country can never be a well-fare state. There are many states in the world who have fallen and again there are many states who are becoming powerful day by day. The national intimacy and unity and integration are the relevant things which are the source of states power. We have seen that the then Pakistan failed to maintain integrity and unity and virtually Pakistan lost its eastern part. The erstwhile Soviet Union had their fatal situation to maintain and protect its federal states. All the federal states were broken to pieces. In our country we have no such fatal problems of national intimacy or unity. But we cannot say that it is totally absent.
The tribal people are raising the problems that they are from different race and they belong to an ethnic group with less percentage of social privileges. So the peace tribal treaty is yet standing as a problem of national intimacy and unity. Sometimes they raise the voice of their protest that the tribal peace treaty is yet to be settled. Time has come that by maintaining individuality of the small racial groups we may come under a banner of political community for which all the 16 crore people of Bangladesh can take pride and pleasure.
Again we may remember that by national intimacy, all the people of a country cannot give their consensus verdict in any particular issue. It is found no where in the world. If majority are sensitized in a particular issue it is assumed that national intimacy is maintained. The fact is that during our liberation, all the people were not pro-liberation.
In 1970 election, Awami League won the monopoly victory. It does not mean that there were absence of anti Awami League in the country. In the election about 30% of population or more or less opposed Awami League. The oppositions had no seats but a percentage of people mandated them by votes. It is correct to say that the number of direct and indirectly opponents of liberation war was nearer to the said figure but majority took their side in favor of liberation war. So unity concept does not mean a total inclusive concept. It is true that no consensus can be taken place with the opponents. It takes place only with the like and pro-liberal minded. Among the political parties the national intimacy is found absent on many issues. Though it is seldom found, they hesitate to make it effective. But whatever the concepts or think tanks are there in political parties, everybody should protest or want to defeat the nasty and dirty social evils like terrorism, illegal land occupancy, drug addiction, the Rohingya crisis. On these issues, no body can patronize such issues as destroy our nation building thoughts and citizenry dutifulness.
The issues fundamentalism and terrorism, jeopardize the national interest and all the progressive thoughts are humiliated. So in no way, this issues should be organized or activated. So, social movement or campaign is a must to deter drug addiction and anti-drug drive and campaign must be enforced for nation’s future safety. We must be careful and conscious from our govt. that all BNP supporters should not be only criticized, blamed or taken to punitive action in the name of anti-liberation or pro-jammat. It would not be logical to blame them only for of blame game. This will create more problems. Again it would not be wise to make BNP of Razakar’s party.
Personal greed, jealously and distortion of human values are the propositions and instigating agents from which terrorism is created. Anybody from Awami League/BNP platform may be inhuman and become victim of perversion and eventually get addicted to drugs and derailed from normal life. So national intimacy or unity must have a solid foundation. So that the vision of digital Bangladesh and SDG’s goals are implemented. At least every body irrespective of parties should be united for nation building activities.
On the concept of national development we must forget all discriminations and come to a platform of single umbrella. History says that all the seven and half crore Bangalees all together knocked the enemies and defeated the enemies and jumped over the enemies, combated them valiantly and won a glorious victory like our liberation war. Our 16 corer people should advance in the path of uniformed and smooth runway. Only then nation will achieve its 100% success and in this long race the national intimacy, unity and integration are most vital and subs tentative. There are no alternatives of those.
National unity and integrity are essential to promote a country. The title name may appear similar with the saying ‘where there is a will, there is a way’. We may call it as a parody of the proverb or the saying. Whatever it is termed about the title name, my aim is to convey the message how integrity and unity are combinedly contributing to nation. It is significantly stated that, both unity national integration play a very vital role for solid foundation of nationalism, secularism, socialism and democracy. National integrity is part and parcel of modernization. The other name of national integration is also the political integration. Political integration is a process through which the different racial peoples are brought to one under a common unit of geography in the perspect of culture, civilization and socialization. In short, it is a combined process of different opinions, concepts and philosophies. Prof. Nazrul Islam says that declaration of unified thoughts for national interest is the national integration. Prof. S. P. Huntington also says that when people works together to attain a common objective of development, removing all the narrowness from peoples mind is termed as national integration. In different countries of the world national integration is facing some problems. The total problems of integration can never be met. Somewhere it is partially solved and it exists partially in society. Where there is a total solution of the problem then there will prevail the heavenly state in the world. Now I will discuss on the point of unity.
The term unity or national intimacy together so as to from one whole to combine in a whole. We all know the very proverb ‘unity is strength’. The sense of intimacy is very influencing as determinant or catalyst in our family life as well as social and national life. In the primitive age, men were alone. They did not understand society and they were very helpless at that time. In the early stage of civilization men could realize that, without social life men cannot survive. So, they were united and organized. Men could understand that, without unity or national intimacy, no nation can survive. However, we as citizen of Bangladesh are enjoying the charms of national intimacy and integration in full or partial. By this time, we have passed 50 years from liberation and Bangladesh is going to celebrate its glory or 50 years of birth anniversary. The people of Bangladesh had a dream that by establishing a independent state the country will be economically solvent. It is time to calculate how far we could achieve till today. After 50 years we have become a lower mid level earning country and from graduation to a developing country there is a possibility of achieving mid level earning country by 2021 and we have a targeted plan to be a developed country by 2041. There are many things behind for overall development of a country. But it is the national intimacy can help to promote a country. Whether our future Bangladesh will be well structured or will have an well arranged and disciplined Bangladesh it will depend on our national intimacy.
National intimacy is essential for every state National intimacy and unity can make us problem free. It can also remove any crisis, economic deficiencies, illiteracy and poverty and ultimately a country leads to a self reliant and positive state. It is to bear in mind that if a country is economically sound then we call it a well-fare state. Until we are economically sound, a country can never be a well-fare state. There are many states in the world who have fallen and again there are many states who are becoming powerful day by day. The national intimacy and unity and integration are the relevant things which are the source of states power. We have seen that the then Pakistan failed to maintain integrity and unity and virtually Pakistan lost its eastern part. The erstwhile Soviet Union had their fatal situation to maintain and protect its federal states. All the federal states were broken to pieces. In our country we have no such fatal problems of national intimacy or unity. But we cannot say that it is totally absent.
The tribal people are raising the problems that they are from different race and they belong to an ethnic group with less percentage of social privileges. So the peace tribal treaty is yet standing as a problem of national intimacy and unity. Sometimes they raise the voice of their protest that the tribal peace treaty is yet to be settled. Time has come that by maintaining individuality of the small racial groups we may come under a banner of political community for which all the 16 crore people of Bangladesh can take pride and pleasure.
Again we may remember that by national intimacy, all the people of a country cannot give their consensus verdict in any particular issue. It is found no where in the world. If majority are sensitized in a particular issue it is assumed that national intimacy is maintained. The fact is that during our liberation, all the people were not pro-liberation.
In 1970 election, Awami League won the monopoly victory. It does not mean that there were absence of anti Awami League in the country. In the election about 30% of population or more or less opposed Awami League. The oppositions had no seats but a percentage of people mandated them by votes. It is correct to say that the number of direct and indirectly opponents of liberation war was nearer to the said figure but majority took their side in favor of liberation war. So unity concept does not mean a total inclusive concept. It is true that no consensus can be taken place with the opponents. It takes place only with the like and pro-liberal minded. Among the political parties the national intimacy is found absent on many issues. Though it is seldom found, they hesitate to make it effective. But whatever the concepts or think tanks are there in political parties, everybody should protest or want to defeat the nasty and dirty social evils like terrorism, illegal land occupancy, drug addiction, the Rohingya crisis. On these issues, no body can patronize such issues as destroy our nation building thoughts and citizenry dutifulness.
The issues fundamentalism and terrorism, jeopardize the national interest and all the progressive thoughts are humiliated. So in no way, this issues should be organized or activated. So, social movement or campaign is a must to deter drug addiction and anti-drug drive and campaign must be enforced for nation’s future safety. We must be careful and conscious from our govt. that all BNP supporters should not be only criticized, blamed or taken to punitive action in the name of anti-liberation or pro-jammat. It would not be logical to blame them only for of blame game. This will create more problems. Again it would not be wise to make BNP of Razakar’s party.
Personal greed, jealously and distortion of human values are the propositions and instigating agents from which terrorism is created. Anybody from Awami League/BNP platform may be inhuman and become victim of perversion and eventually get addicted to drugs and derailed from normal life. So national intimacy or unity must have a solid foundation. So that the vision of digital Bangladesh and SDG’s goals are implemented. At least every body irrespective of parties should be united for nation building activities.
On the concept of national development we must forget all discriminations and come to a platform of single umbrella. History says that all the seven and half crore Bangalees all together knocked the enemies and defeated the enemies and jumped over the enemies, combated them valiantly and won a glorious victory like our liberation war. Our 16 corer people should advance in the path of uniformed and smooth runway. Only then nation will achieve its 100% success and in this long race the national intimacy, unity and integration are most vital and subs tentative. There are no alternatives of those.
