Yes, he became a leader but basically he was a agitator who found many faults in those parties and personalities who were in power and when he was in the opposition. But, when time came to lead the country he failed to deliver things that many other world leaders did in the past. Leadership is not speaking loud. It is about deliver what he promised. He could not buildup a functional administration, he wanted to demolish the military.
However, you have the right to believe he was a great leader. To me, he was also like a loudspeaker that sounded much without substance. I am not a blind person and I will not give positive ratings to Mujib as a national leader. Period.
These are all valid nuanced points, but point is ....is Mujib a
traitor? (for this poll/thread)
Traitor is very black/white issue. If George Washington side lost (and it really didnt look good for them for the longest part of the war if you study it), he would be remembered as a traitor.
But his side prevailed and won and now he is remembered as great revolutionary, general, founding father, president etc.
Washington had a past in service with British Army actually (I'll spare you the details but he actually arguably did a big role in starting a major bloody war with France in the area, whom
later was his biggest ally when he turned against British) that is often overlooked by those who think his only history starts with US war of independence.
Your and other criticisms of Mujib is similar to criticisms given on Mao (Mao made many grievous mistakes in his rule of China). But I don't think anyone would call Mao a Traitor...given he did fight a war to establish the pre-eminent Chinese political state in modern times. Neither would any reasonable Indian call Nehru a traitor whatever mistakes he made during his tenure.
Simply put, most Pakistanis would see Mujib as a traitor (esp given something was pushed all in and blood was put on the line and spilled on it...hurt and pain and psyche damage sustains it).
But most Bangladeshis would see him the exact reverse (1st leader, political founder and "friend of Bengal").
It is my impression (and this is getting me increasingly in conflict with some Pakistani members here) that Mujib also did his level best to preserve the political union (he definitely believed in Pakistan original concept), given he won that election fair and square and should have been PM of all of Pakistan.
I personally would not call him traitor even from Pakistani perspective tbh...rather the West Pakistani political elite + military elite were traitors to (esp democratic system of) Pakistan, especially the actions they later did (to innocent people at vast scale) after rejecting and voiding the democratic result.
@Cliftonite may be one of the few Pakistanis in this forum to agree, when he is back from his ban. Let us see.
@Joe Shearer @itsanufy
