The journey of Bangladesh continues
 

As I mentioned in my last blog about Mujib's assassination. After Bangladesh got independent, Sheikh Mujib retured from West Pakistan in 1972. From the time of his arrival he worked to develop different sectors of the capital and rest of the cities. In 1974 when Bangladesh was attacked by a severe flood Mujib’s attempts went higher of making the situations better. The flood killed nearly 28,000 people. But he was failing in most of his attempt and the situation was getting worse. Since the liberation the Mukti Bahini (fighters of the liberation war) and the officers who were still related to the Pakistan’s army forces were having problems. being hungry for power some angered officers who were still related to the Pakistan armed forces killed Mujib. The assassination happened in August 15, 1975. After the incident the unrest in the country’s political situation increased.

Ziaur Rahman with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

After Mujib’s death for two years there was no specific or permanent political leader who could control the situation. In 1977 Ziaur Rahman who was an army general was assigned as the army chief having Khandokar mostaq Ahmed as the president. But soon in 1979 Ziaur Rahman took power and formed the new political party called Bangladesh National Party, “BNP”. During this time Islam was put in the constitution. Same as Mujib even Ziaur could not get enough time to implement his political plans. In 1981 Ziaur Rahman was also assassinated. With the death of Ziaur began the era of Mohammed Hossain Ershad. Ershad was in power from 1982 to 1990. During this period he could not prove himself as a worthy leader. There was a lot of unrest and riots all over the country. He was accused of several illegal works and corruption. As a result of lot of protests and riots he was sent to jail and power was again taken by BNP. In 1991 BNP came in power by winning the election. Khaleda Zia was the widow of Ziaur Rahaman became the prime minister and she was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh. As was set winning party has five years period of power. SO after five years in 1996 when election happened again Awami League, the party originally formed by Sheikh Mujib, came into power. Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Sheikh Mujib became the prime minister of the party. During this term Hasina made sure that she punish all the culprits who were responsible for her father’s murder. Not all of them but fifteen former army officers who used to work for Pakistan side were hung to death with accusation of murdering Mujib. It happened in 1998.

After then till now BNP and Awami league have been the major two party of Bangladesh politics. One is the wife of a former president and another person is the daughter of another former president. They have been ruling until now, 2014 and many more to come. Through the time of their ruling Bangladesh has witnessed many ups and downs, many horrible situations and many happy moments. Some people desperately want get rid of these two parties who seem like became the inevitable part of Bangladesh.