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further fuel to the pre-existing flame. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, by
then
the
undisputed
leader
of
the
Bengalis,
structured
inviolable estrade of defence to thwart West Pakistani economic and cultural invasion. So,
the
Pakistani rulers’ ploy ,did not go Scot
Stall wards of this soil
free.
vowed with cult of fire to emasculate
Pakistani invasive onslaught, whether economic, linguistic or cultural. Sheikh Mujib, however, had to languish in jail for years together for not giving
in to West Pakistani demand or
to be allured to their olive branch. Since the emergence of Pakistan, Jute was known as ‘golden fiber’ for being by far the highest source of foreign exchange earning
for
the
whole
of
Pakistan.
Outbreak
of
military
hostility in the Korean peninsula rocketed jute price sky high, causing
a
boom
in
Pakistan’s
economy.
The
Eastern
part,
however, hardly gained much from this jute oriented affluence. Enormous development projects were undertaken in the Western part
with
the
money
jute
fetched,
Eastern part kept regressing
while
the
people
in
the
towards poverty. At that juncture
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, an all time soldier for the emancipation of the Bengali people, put forward his historic 6 point programme. The alarmed rulers in Pakistan, defiantly took a stand against it, apprehending this would allow the Bengali people
the
economic
and
political
autonomy
they
have
been
craving for, to the detriment of the west Pakistani interest. A reign of terror in the form of persecution was unleashed on Bangabandhu: he was interned for infinite period. But nothing could
detract
Bangabandhu
the
with
Bengali
people:
they
kept
rallying
round
enhanced zeal. Bangabandhu was indicted with