Declaration of independence

He has named Dr. Kamal Hossain, Mr. Borhanuddin Khan Jahangir and Mr. Taufique Imam to back the claim for this Declaration. All three have reasons to back the claim . The fact is there is no independent proof from neutral sources to back the claim that Sheikh Mujib made a Declaration of Independence on 25th March 1971, except those whose names have been quoted in the article under reference. Their statements cannot be taken as authentic proof of the Declaration for the reasons stated above. We must not forget that in Dhaka that day, there were many journalists, even a few foreign ones, and none of them reported about this historic Declaration.

The problem with our War of Liberation is a simple one. The people fought it and the credit has gone to those who left us before the marauding Pakistan army began its genocide. It is no wonder therefore that we have this controversy over this Declaration, for with this, those ,who fled from us at our hour of peril, want to cover part of their failure. ]

However, the emergence of Bangladesh is the best thing that has happened to us and we have Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib to thank for giving us the courage for fighting for our liberation. The war was fought in his name and he was our inspiration. The controversy does not concern him for no one then or now would ever think of placing him at the same pedestal as others whose names have been dragged to this controversy. It is this post fact management by a political party to derive the benefit from this Declaration that has forced others, many others, to lend credence to the opposing view. The bottom line is for a large number of the people of Bangladesh, the 1971 Bangabandhu and the Awami League are not synonymous.