Faezul Huq's reply
I have read Syed Hamde Ali's letter published in the DS on 24 January 2004. As a matter of fact we are both personally in touch with each other and it was very kind of him to send me the copy of his letter under reference in advance through e-mail. I was actually waiting for its formal publication in your daily for my reply/clarification, least there be any doubts in the minds of other readers. In fact, there is no question of 'vehemence' as Mr. Ali writes. I just tried to put some force behind what I was saying, because I was rather surprised to see a historical error committed by a learned professor (Waheeduzaman Manik) who wanted us to believe that the great leader Moulana Bhashani was annoyed with Sher-e-Bangla for the simple reason that the latter joined the late lamented Mohammed Ali Bogra's Cabinet, when actually he never did. Obviously the question of flouting the election pledges also by late AK Fazlul Huq as written by Professor Waheeduzaman in his article in DS November 17, 2003 does not arise at all. Syed Hamde Ali, on the other hand, is perhaps more than convinced now of my good faith in that forceful 'assertion' and I shall further make it a point to explain the other details of the history of that era to him of which he is genuinely so inquisitive. By the way, the cabinet of Mohammed Ali was not called the 'Cabinet of Dreams', rather it was called the 'Cabinet of Talents', which actually it was. I hope no further clarifications are needed on the subject. If someone else is further interested in the subject, he or she may write directly to me at: faezul@hotmail.com. I shall try my best to reply to all the queries as soon as possible.
Let me also take this opportunity of thanking one of your readers---Shibly Azad---who wrote directly to me after going through my letter.
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