‘Mujib Borsho’ celebration: Now is the time to evaluate Bangabandhu’s close associates

Publish: 11:26 PM, March 16, 2021 | Update: 11:26 PM, March 16, 2021

MD. RAUSHAN ALI
Mujib Borsho is being celebrated all over the country. The father of the nation is being presented in front of the people, the philosophy of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his fame. In order to implement Bangabandhu’s political philosophy those who have played a leading role as Bangabandhu’s personal companions during various movements is one of the late leader Syed Fazlul Haque BSC.

Syed Fazlul Haque B.Sc. is one of the pure politicians who went into hiding under the guise of political novelty. He was a trusted companion of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Bangabandhu used to call him ‘BSC’

Syed Fazlul HaqueB.Sc, a meritorious student completed his SSC in 1946 from Abu Torab High School, He graduated from Chittagong College in 1948 and entered the Physics Department of Dhaka University.

He was arrested during the BSC examination for being a frontline organizer of the language movement and the leader of the central committee of the BCL.Then, out of anger at the then government, he could no longer go to university, could not complete his Degree.

This militant leader was at the forefront of various movements including language movement, six point movement, non-cooperation movement.He has been imprisoned many times with Bangabandhu. In the unfinished autobiography of Bangabandhu, Syed Fazlul Haque B.Sc. is acknowledged (pp. 16, 17).In the historic election of 1970, he was elected a member of the Constituent Assembly and the National Assembly from Mirsarai-Fatikchhari constituency of Chittagong division by a large margin.
Syed Fazlul Haque BSC, the organizer of the great liberation war of 1971, played a huge role in the liberation war. This patriotic leader was engaged in regular communication with the allied forces.

He was a member of the first written constitution sub-committee of Bangladesh. Bangabandhu appointed him as the chairman of the relief committee formed in 1972 for the honesty and integrity of his work.
Syed Fazlul Haque was the office secretary of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Awami League twice in a row. At that time, he followed the advice and guidance of Awami League President and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with honesty and sincerity.

When the father of the nation was assassinated along with his own family on 15 August 1975, this close comrade-in-arms of Bangabandhu became prominent in the show. There was no deviation from the ideals of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In 1977, the then military junta government came to power and imprisoned him.
This central leader of Awami League was brutally tortured in jail. After being released from jail, he went down to the field again. He started working diligently to make the Awami League stronger and more organized. Syed Fazlul Haque B.Sc., former minister and current M. P Engineer Mosharraf Hossain became involved in Awami politics.

In 1986, he established Majeda Haque High School in his village in the name of his wife Majeda Haque. Which plays a huge role in spreading education among the local students. Syed Fazlul Haque B.Sc. was a popular politician built on the ideals of Bangabandhu.

The writer is the President of Bangabandhu Parishad, 53 no ward, Dhaka South Metropolitan