বৈরুত হোটেলে সোহরাওয়ার্দীর মৃত্যু স্বাভাবিক ছিলনা। হতে পারে ‘পলিটিকাল মার্ডার।’ – বঙ্গবন্ধু
২৯ জুন ১৯৭০ সালে ‘Beach Luxury Hotel’ এ ‘The Life and Achievements of Mr. Suhrawardy’ বিষয়ক সেমিনারে বঙ্গবন্ধুর দেয়া বক্তৃতাটি পাঠকের জন্য অডিও করে দিয়েছেন কণ্ঠযোদ্ধা Tahia Tabassum Trena.
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How could one say that the death of Mr. Suhrawardy was not in unnatural circumstances? In any case it will be looked into when the proper time comes. It could be yet another case of political murder in the country.
Mr. Suhrawardy became a victim of conspiracies right from the day Pakistan came into being. In spite of being the Chief Minister of United Bengal, he was denied the opportunity to become the Chief Minister of East Pakistan. Nawab Mamdot who was the Chief Minister of United Punjab became the Chief Minister of West Punjab after the partition. Mr. Suhrawardy was also deprived of his membership of the first constituent Assembly of Pakistan. … We happened to be the unfortunate people of a fortunate country in which due respect and regard was not shown to men like Mr. Suhrawardy who felt for the people and had the welfare of the country at their heart. Mr. Suhrawardy did what none else in this country could do. After the partition, Mr. Suhrawardy stayed on India because he felt passionately for them. He was offered ministership but preferred the responsibility of ensuring peace for the Indian Muslims. To serve the Indian Muslims he toured Bihar, Alwar, Bharatpur, Delhi and East Punjab-at the risk of his life—so that they could be spared of the massacre at the hands of the Hindu communalists. Mr. Subrawardy did all this because he was fully convinced that the Muslims of the minority provinces of India were the real architects of Pakistan and had rendered tremendous sacrifices so that the Muslims of the sub-continent could have a homeland of their own.
Mr. Suhrawardy got the biggest shock of his life when he was jailed by the Ayub regime in Karachi. The Ayub regime also refused him money for treatment abroad.
Mr. Suhrawardy was fully in agreement with him on the question of provincial autonomy.
My leader was in the firm belief that the Awami League would never deter from its course of serving the people, its determination to refuse to surrender to conspiracies, intrigues and political bribery.
Reference:
TheDawn, Karachi, June 30 1970
Singh,S K. (1974) Bangladesh Documents Volume-I, p-86-87, Madras, The B N K Press Private Limited
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