Pathetic Lee Kuan Yew and People's leader Mujib

[Shamim Ahmed]

Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew

Daily Star, 7/8/01

Nazmul , National University of Singapore, on e-mail

Lee Kuan Yew is venerated in every Singaporean heart for his
unparalleled role in creating a flourishing Singapore. Assuming the
position of the prime minister in 1959 and led Singapore to reach
today's thriving affluence.
In his memoirs, "From Third World to First - The Singapore Story:
1965-2000" he gives many recollections of his efforts for a prosperous
Singapore. I was staggered at page 406. It was something about
Bangladesh that he recalled from a commonwealth meeting in Ottawa in
1973.

Here is the excerpt. "Another person I remember from the Ottawa
meeting was Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the hero who had
opposed Pakistan and led East Pakistan to independence as Bangladesh.
He arrived in style at Ottawa in his own aircraft. When I landed, I
saw a parked Boeing 707 with "Bangladesh" emblazoned on it. When I
left, it was still standing on the same spot, idle for eight days,
getting obsolescent without earning anything. As I left the hotel for
the airport, two huge vans were being loaded with packages for the
Bangladeshi aircraft. At the conference Mujibur Rahman had made a
pitch of aid to his country... So I made a virtue of arriving by
ordinary commercial aircraft, and thus helped preserve Singapore's
third world status"

In dismay, I felt shame for our leaders. When will such trend of
luxurious tours of our leaders diminish? When can we revere our
leaders as the Singaporeans revere Lee Kuan Yew?

[ahai...@gmail.com]

How many people were with Sk Mujib for Commonwealth Govt. Head meeting team and how did Mr. Lee Kaun confirmed that Boing waiting for the team for 8days? How did he confirmed all the only for Sk Mujib shopping?
In 1973 how many flights Bangladesh had? If the flight came to BD without passengers and again fly vacant to carry team how much it cost?

[abahar...@gmail.com]

On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 10:01:12 AM UTC-4, ahai...@gmail.com wrote:
> How many people were with Sk Mujib for Commonwealth Govt. Head meeting team and how did Mr. Lee Kaun confirmed that Boing waiting for the team for 8days? How did he confirmed all the only for Sk Mujib shopping?
> In 1973 how many flights Bangladesh had? If the flight came to BD without passengers and again fly vacant to carry team how much it cost?

Mujib was the son of a record keeper. Bhasani said, ``Mujib you are not the son of a millionaire.`True, Mujib had one face in public and had another face in private. He was a bad leader all along. You don`t play with people, people will play with you. Hasina now selling Bangladesh to India hasn`t learn from her father`s mistake!