BNP accuses AL of distorting liberation war history

Staff Reporter :
The opposition party, BNP Vice-Chairman, and Hero Freedom Fighter Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, on Thursday, accused the ruling Awami League of distorting the history of the country’s great War of Independence.

“The AL is now creating poems in the name of the history of the liberation war.

The history of the liberation war is being written every day like a story and a poem.

They are responsible for distorting the history of the great War of Independence,” Hafiz Uddin Ahmed said after attending a meeting of BNP’s committee for celebrating the upcoming Independence Day, of which he is the convener.

Major Hafiz said the independence achieved in 1971 is a matter of pride for the nation.

Expressing regret, he said that 53 years after independence, the history of the liberation war is being made debatable.

He said, “During the war, the number of freedom fighters was 80,000 or 100,000, but now we are seeing about 250,000 getting allowances along with other benefits as freedom fighters.”

People are being kept in the dark about how the war of independence had started, he said.

“It should be made clear that the armed war of independence started after the 25 March crackdown by the Pakistani military.

The people of the country had sacrificed their lives to bring independence.

The ruling AL doesn’t talk about it because they have no contribution to the War of Independence,” he said.

“Major Zia’s declaration of independence influenced people from every corner to join the liberation war,” he said.

“The world community came to know after Zia’s announcement. But the ruling quarter jokes about Zia’s declaration, saying that a guard rang the bell,” the BNP leader said.

Hafiz Uddin Ahmed said Major Zia was one of the lionhearted freedom fighters and also a sector commander who led the war, staying in the battlefield while other sector commanders stayed in India.

“But the AL portrays him as the agent of Pakistan’s Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) to misguide the young generation,” Hafiz said.

“The AL now claims all credit, ignoring the contribution of hundreds of thousands of students, youth, and soldiers,” he said.

“Some political parties who had no contribution to the Bangladesh War of Independence have hijacked the independence and all achievements,” the Hero Freedom Fighter said.