Bangabandhu started struggle against injustice from childhood

Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman started political struggle in his childhood and continued throughout his life, recalls his close associate Sirajul Islam Chowdhury, reports BSS. Mujib's protest against injustice and repression was visible when he was a student of Gopalganj Mission School, Chowdhury told BSS. He said the political life of Bangabandhu started during the period from 1942 to 1947, but its foundation was laid when he was a student of class seven in 1938. Sirajul Islam Chowdhury was the chief coordinator of 1954 Jukta Front election in Gopalganj from where Sheikh Mujib contested the election against Muslim League leader Wahiduzzaman. Octogenarian Chowdhury said, "Mujib Bhai's teacher Hamid Master, an activist of anti-British movement, played a role in the development of a struggling mindset in him." Sheikh Mujib was a man of tough and soft personality, said Sirajul Islam Chowdhury and recalled an incident of January 16, 1938 when Prime Minister of undivided Bengal Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haq and Hossain Shaheed Suhrawardi came to Gopalganj on a visit. "As the dignitaries came to the Mission School as part of their tour, Mujib Bhai stood on their way along with a number of his classmates. The headmaster tried to prevent them, but adamant Mujib Bhai said he will not give way to the ministers unless they make arrangements for repairing the dilapidated roof of their hostel," Sirajul Islam Chowdhury said. As the message reached Sher-e-Bangla, he allocated Tk 1200 from his optional fund and pacified Mujib and his team. Then Suhrawardi sent a slip and called Sheikh Mujib to the Dakbungalow, Chowdhury recalled.