Volume-X, Issue-V, September 2024 |
বাংলাদেশের জাতীয় রাজনীতিতে আওয়ামী লীগ সরকার ও সংখ্যালঘু প্রতিনিধিত্বঃ একটি পর্যালোচনা অজয় বর, গবেষক, আন্তর্জাতিক সম্পর্ক বিভাগ, যাদবপুর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, কলকাতা, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Received: 26.09.2024 | Accepted: 29.09.2024 | Published Online: 30.09.2024 | Page No:56-71 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.10.issue.05W.007 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
On December 16, 1971, East Pakistan emerged as an independent sovereign Bangladesh state on the world map, proving the futility of the two-nation theory through the liberation war. People of both Hindu and Muslim communities participated unitedly in the establishment of Bangladesh. As the first Bangladesh government, led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, adopted democratic, socialist, and secular ideals, the minority communities sought to ensure their proportional representation in national politics. But since the birth of Bangladesh, radical Islamic groups have been trying to turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state. They know that the religious minorities of Bangladesh are one of the vital forces of democratic politics. After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, fundamentalists became active again in Bangladeshi politics, and minority representation in national politics was skewed. As a result, fear spreads among minority’s fear of persecution, and fear of eviction. Their fear or apprehension was turned into reality by the later military rulers of Bangladesh. However after a long period of military rule, when the Awami League government was formed under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina in 1996, the power of religious minorities increased in the national politics of Bangladesh. Subsequently, from 2008 to August 5, 2024, Sheikh Hasina ruled Bangladesh, but the proportional representation of minorities in national politics did not increase. In my discussion, the first Awami League government led by Sheikh Mujibar in independent Bangladesh and later the Awami League government led by Sheikh Hasina in the political arena of Bangladesh, i.e., in the national elections and the cabinet, besides analyzing the representation of religious minorities, try to discuss how religious minorities became a protected political vote bank of the Awami League. Keywords: Democracy, Socialist, Secularism, Proportional Representation, Politics, Religious Minorities. |