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Exiled author lambasts Bangladesh Marxists for contribution to country's military rule

Exiled author lambasts Bangladesh Marxists for contribution to country's military rule

Author: Express News Service
Publication: Expressindia.com
Date: August 6, 2007
URL: http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=249474

On the day the CPI(M) celebrated the 119th birth anniversary of one of its founders, Muzaffar Ahmad, exiled Bangladeshi writer Salam Azad put Marxists from his own country on the dock for their role in Bangladesh's politics.

The Marxists hobnobbed with Bangladesh's military rulers and have always backstabbed the country, the writer alleged at a function organised for the release of Bangladesher Niryatita Hindu Sampraday: Prekkaphat Muktijuddha (The tortured Hindu community of Bangladesh in the background of the war of liberation), a book he edited.

The book is a compilation of various write-ups in Bangladesh's newspapers about torture inflicted upon Hindus during the Bangladesh war. Eminent economist Amlan Dutta was present to release it.

"The Marxists contributed a lot to military rule, witnessed twice in Bangladesh. They hobnobbed with the rulers and enjoyed a good life. During the war of liberation they did not support the war as China was not in favour of freedom for Bangladesh," said the feisty writer, who has written such books as Contribution of India in the war of liberation of Bangladesh and Bhanga Mutt. Incidentally, Bhanga Mutt depicts the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh and the torture and oppression inflicted on them and has been banned by the Bangladesh government. The government has also banned Azad from entering into the country and the writer has been living in exile in India for the last three years.

"Without the help of the Indian Army, freedom for Bangladesh would not have been realised. But the tragedy is that not a single memorial has been raised in Bangladesh in memory of Indian soldiers who died on our soil," the writer said.

He also praised the Awami League for its role in the Bangladesh war. "I am not a member of that party, but I must admit I would vote for that party. It's a party that bore all the pangs of the birth of the new nation," Azad said.


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