DHAKA, June 6, 2021 (BSS) – Awami League (AL) Advisory Council Member and central 14-party alliance spokesperson Amir Hossain Amu today said the historic Six-Point was the charter of Bangla’s freedom against the misrule of Pakistanis.
“The Six-Point was the charter of Bangla’s freedom, which we achieved in phases under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman through the Liberation War in 1971,” he said in a video message marking the Historic Six-Point Day to be observed in the country tomorrow.
Noting that since the creation of Pakistan, Bangalees, 56 percent of the total population of Pakistan, had never been able to enjoy their rights, Amu said one kind of colonial rule and exploitation were imposed on East Bengal and used as a tool of exploitation.
Realizing the fact, Bangabandhu had presented the six-point demand before the people of Bangla as the charter of freedom, he added.
The veteran AL leader said the historic six-point had shown the way of Bangalees’ freedom and united all under the leadership of Bangabandhu in the struggles to establish their rights.
Paying rich tributes to Father of the Nation, Amu said following the footprints of Bangabandhu, the country is moving forward under the courageous leadership of his daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with the goal of implementing the spirit of the Liberation War and building a prosperous Bangladesh.
On June 7 in 1966, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman launched a massive movement against the misrule of the Pakistanis on the basis of the six-point demand, the Magna Carta of the Bengalis demanding autonomy for the then East Pakistan.
Eleven people, including Manu Mian, Shafique and Shamsul Haque, were gunned down by the police and paramilitary EPR on the day in Dhaka and Narayanganj during a hartal called for the release of Bangabandhu and other leaders detained for launching the Six-Point Movement against the then barbaric ruling clique.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman launched his historic six-point political and economic programme in Lahore on February 5 in 1966, aiming at attaining greater autonomy for the then East Pakistan in the backdrop of exploitation and discrimination by the then Pakistani rulers.
The six-point demand included creating provision in the constitution for a Federation of Pakistan in its true sense based on the Lahore Resolution, the federal government will deal with only two subjects: Defence and Foreign Affairs, introduction of two separate, but freely convertible currencies for East and West Pakistan, vesting the power of taxation and revenue collection on the federating units, maintaining two separate accounts for the foreign exchange earnings of the two wings and creation a separate militia or paramilitary force for East Pakistan.