Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina commented that Ziaur Rahman worked as a paid employee in the Liberation War.
She made this comment during the party's discussion meeting on the occasion of Independence Day at the Dhaka district Awami League office in Tejgaon of the capital on Wednesday (March 27) afternoon.
The leaders of BNP say that all the Awami League ran away on the night of March 25 and then who fought the war? Questioning who brought the victory, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, forming a government and conducting a war is not just conducting, but forming an armed force, formation of different sectors. Ziaur Rahman got the responsibility of one of those sectors. Ziaur Rahman worked there as a salaried employee. Ziaur Rahman was a paid employee under the Awami League government. They should not forget this.
The Prime Minister said that the winning members of the National Assembly and Provincial Assembly in the 1970s elections formed the first government of independent Bangladesh. President – Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Vice President Syed Nazrul Islam, Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed. After forming this government, he took oath on April 17 at Mujibnagar in Meherpur. This government conducted the war on oath. As Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib declared independence in the early hours of March 26, he was immediately arrested and taken away.
She said, it should not be forgotten, after independence, Ziaur Rahman was a major. Ziaur Rahman was born in Kolkata. His family returned to Pakistan when India was partitioned into Pakistan. But he did not come to East Bengal. They went to Karachi. He studied there. He joined the army there. From there he came to East Bengal to fulfill his duties after receiving the work orders. This is the reality. That Pakistan remains in his mind. There is proof of that. Who gave these promotions one by one from the Major? This was also given by the Awami League government. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib gave. These ungrateful people may forget that too.