Some memories of independence 30: Free field occupation / Army camp
Some memories of independence 30
Free field occupation / army camp
I have been thinking for a long time about the place where the Pak army camped, how they collected it. Are these forcible occupation or love for Pakistan in exchange for grants or financial transactions? I used to think that the government could never occupy anyone's land without rent. It's not the mug's mulluk anymore. If so, the people from whom the land was seized were very good. There is no need to cultivate, whether it rains or not, whether the crop is faluk or nafluk, it has nothing to do with income difference, when the time comes, a huge amount of money is in the pocket. What could be more comfortable than this?
Why this idea came to my mind, it takes a little Shanenjul. I came to Japan many years ago. Life here is very much a part of my life. In a democratic country, the biggest responsibility of the government is to protect the interests of the people. From this point of view, sometimes I can't agree with Bangladeshi or South Asian people on many issues. A few years ago, there was a proposal to relocate to Fukuoka International Airport. In fact, the airport is very close to the city, even in the middle of the city, it can be said that any time a major accident can happen. Second, the number of international flights is increasing day by day, the runway needs to be extended, but there is no such place. It was proposed to relocate the airport to the nearby sea. The landowners of the obstructed airport. I am surprised that the general public again owns the land of the airport? The thinking of the government here is, why would the government do the work that is possible with others? The government doing such work at its own risk means incurring losses, as is the case with jute mills. The government can never lose people's money, it must be held accountable. Why do people give land to the government? Because if the land is given to the government, Masowara will get at least one and a half times the market price. I had a plan to build an uphill railway near a friend's house. He is very happy. But for a little while the line was moved a little to the other side. His house was no longer owned by the railway company. He thought that his old house would be rebuilt with government money. Neither the government nor the people suffered any loss. This is the picture of capitalist society. By the way, big companies like railways, airlines, telephones, post offices are run privately in this country, the company is responsible for losses, and if the company does not have income, then no one will have a job. If the service is bad again, the government has to be held accountable. And that's why everything goes well.
The Bamandi Army Camp is spread over two kilometers from Bamandi Nishipur to Olingar, where there are several thousand bighas of land. The Bhatpara camp is relatively small but not insignificant. There was probably more than a thousand bighas of land here. The land in this detailed area was seized at the behest of the government, but no compensation was paid to the landowners, the matter does not occur to me in any way. So I asked Ekramul and Habib about it. In the opinion of both, no compensation was paid to the owner for the land. Surprisingly, the trench was dug to protect the camp from the enemy, the freedom fighters, which was 5 feet deep and 10 feet wide. In the same way, an earthen mound is about 6/7 feet high. Landowners were often used to mow the land. On the one hand, transfer of land without khatipur, on the other hand, bankers are made by cutting the soil without pay. Besides, I heard that with the help of the members of the pitch committee, the razakars used to bring workers from the village. Many of them are from financially well-off families. In our country, the rules of the land whose plow is not introduced. Rather, he never touched the plow, the land belonged to him. And all these people have been made to work the soil. The local pitch committee or razakars were behind the selection, the main purpose was to harass them rather than work.
When the Pak army surrendered, the bankers fled, leaving them naked. It is the turn of the landowners to spend again. In order to make it suitable for cultivation, the bankers will have to fill it at their own cost. Those who did not have money kept the bankers like that for a long time. Wherever we go in Gangni, Meherpur, Kushtia, we have to tread the soil of Bamandir. When I went there, I remembered how many people have been tortured and given their lives in this land.
In this context, the indigo cultivation of the British period comes to mind. They created some structural rules, principles and manpower to rule or exploit perfectly. Such as Chowkidar, Dafadar, Halshana, Jamaddar, Gomasta etc. Spying with the Chowkidars means who is doing what work where, supervising the field crops with Halshana i.e. arranging for the farmers to pay rent as soon as the crop is harvested, Gomsta Babu collecting rent from the farmers and depositing it in the treasury as usual. This is bureaucracy. To put it bluntly, picking up thorns with thorns. To rule Bangladesh with Bengalis. At the same time make a profit. I heard that the gentlemen were known to the Bengalis as very polite people. The only reason is that they do not collect rent themselves.
This bureaucratic system of governance was unfamiliar to Pakistanis. Because in the 23 years since Pakistan became independent, 90% of the time has been spent under military rule. They have been afraid to create democratic values from the beginning, and that fear still exists and is noticeable. Democracy means faith, and faith means responsibility, accountability. Since the military has weapons in its hands, why would it trust civilians and speak with respect? This character was clearly captured during the war of independence. That is why they were engaged in killing people from the very beginning as the main weapon to rule the country. Did the Bamandi / Bhatpara camps set up at all to protect the Indian troops from aggression, or to fight the Mukti Bahini? If so, why have people from nearby villages been captured and physically and mentally tortured and killed in this camp? Such is the brutality that the corpses have been left under the open sky day after day to feed the dogs and foxes in the field without being handed over to their relatives, or floated in the river. The government of a country that kills its citizens is nothing but a failed government. Rafiqur Rashid's book on the liberation war of Bangladesh has written about this in detail.
Today is the end
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