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| When Sheikh Hasina left Ganobhaban in 2001. Image: BBC Bangla |
Discussion over the rambling construction known as 'Ganabhavan' in Dhaka's Sher Bangla Nagar is an old one.
Among every one of the heads of government or province of Bangladesh, just previous State leader Sheik Hasina has lived in Ganobhaban. In addition, no other government or head of state lived there. Despite the fact that Ganobhaban has been utilized for different state capabilities.
After the ouster of Sheik Hasina and escaped to India, many individuals entered the Ganobhaban and did defacing and plundering, which is exceptional throughout the entire existence of Bangladesh.
At the point when Sheik Hasina was in power from 1996 to mid-2001, she began living there with the Ganobhaban apportioning. Indeed, even in the wake of leaving the superb ministership, he needed to live there.
In any case, Sheik Hasina had to leave Ganobhaban in 2001 even with extreme political contention.
The in-between time legislature of Teacher Yunus has chosen to change over the Ganabhaban into a 'July Commemoration Historical center'.
A couple of days before this choice was taken, in a video message from London, BNP Acting Director Tarek Rahman said that Ganobhaban will be changed over into an exhibition hall, where the memory of the people who were harmed and killed while challenging Sheik Hasina in the long stretch of July-August will be protected.
Distribution of public structures in 2001
At the point when Sheik Hasina was in power, on June 20, 2001, the 'Father of the Country Relatives Security Act 2001' was passed in Parliament. Half a month after the fact he should give up capacity to a guardian government.
In this demonstration, Sheik Hasina and Sheik Rehana are to be given security by SSF to life, assignment of isolated convenience and auxiliary offices.
On second July 2001, when Awami Association was in power, Ganobhaban was assigned to Sheik Hasina.
By ideals of this demonstration, Sheik Hasina was designated Ganabhaban and her more youthful sister Sheik Rehana an administration place of one bigha on street number six in Dhanmondi.
Surveying different papers around then, it tends to be seen that in a gathering of the bureau under the chairmanship of Sheik Hasina, the Service of Works raised the proposition for distribution of houses.
It is said that Ganobhaban won't be possessed by her by and by, however will be claimed by the public authority. The justification for apportioning Ganobhaban to Sheik Hasina is the issue of her security.
"With the passing dangers against the Head of the state, the security staff felt that Gana Bhavan was the fitting spot for him to remain," contended the then bureau, which was distributed in different papers.
It was additionally said in the bureau meeting that Ganobhaban was the state visitor house before Sheik Hasina was there. During the rule of Sheik Mujibur Rahman, it was named 'Ganabhavan'.
Later it was changed over into a state visitor house. After Sheik Hasina came to control in 1996, it was again named 'Ganabhavan'.
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| After Sheikh Hasina fled the country on August 5, 2024, thousands of people entered Ganabhaban. Image Credit: Getty Images |
It was concluded in the bureau meeting that Sheik Hasina would remain in the Ganabhaban and her more youthful sister Sheik Rehana would get similar government offices as Khaleda Zia, the widow of President Ziaur Rahman, according to the choice of the bureau on twelfth June 1981.
It was concluded in the bureau meeting that Sheik Rehana will get labor supply and different offices for residing in the public authority house assigned in her name.
The labor force will comprise of a driver, individual partner, cook, landscaper, sweeper and two doormen.
Moreover, a vehicle with fuel, phone, power, water and gas bills will be given at government cost.
Debate over open structures
Despite the fact that Sheik Hasina was not the state head, there was a ton of discussion about the designation she had taken to live in the Ganabhaban. The most commotion is made by BNP.
A couple of days after the distribution, BNP pioneer Khaleda Zia brought up criticisms regarding Sheik Hasina's presence in Ganobhaban during a trade of perspectives with columnists.
Then, at that point, Ittefaq paper cited Khaleda Zia as saying, "Leave Ganobhaban if you need to cast a ballot."
That's what khaleda Zia said in the event that Sheik Hasina doesn't partake in the political race, then she can remain in Ganobhaban. Then BNP has no complaint. Be that as it may, to take part in the political decision, then, at that point, she should leave Ganobhaban.
Races were moving toward under the guardian government.
"I'm willing to sit together and examine the answers for the issues he has made when he emerges from the public structure," Everyday Ittefaq cited Khaleda Zia as composing.
After the guardian government expected power, BNP pioneer Khaleda Zia held a gathering with the then Boss Guide Latifur Rahman and requested to drop the Ganobhaban distribution for the sake of Sheik Hasina.
At the point when BNP made political strain for Sheik Hasina to leave Ganabhaban, Awami Association additionally depended on counter strategies.
Awami Association requested that Khaleda Zia take off from her cantonment house.
In such a circumstance, at the finish of the term of Sheik Hasina's administration, the public authority chose to give a show-make notice drop the rent of the then resistance pioneer Khaleda Zia's home inside Dhaka Cantonment.
As per the insight about the time, after the death of the then President Ziaur Rahman in 1981, Khaleda Zia and her two children of the bureau of the break President Equity Abdus Satter were given a rent of 10 lakh rupees in real money and different advantages through an enrolled deed in the place of Shaheed Mainul Street in Dhaka Cantonment.
How much land in the house was 2.72 sections of land. Armed force Boss and later President Ziaur Rahman resided in this house.
Khaleda gave two show-cause sees regarding the reason why the apportioning of Zia's home ought not be dropped.
These notification were given by the then Military Home Office. In these notification, it is said that Khaleda Zia has disregarded the details of the house rent.
Documented a writ with respect to public structures
BNP gets ready to lawfully challenge State leader Sheik Hasina's Ganobhaban distribution. They then, at that point, concluded that the case would be recorded assuming the guardian government dominated.
BNP documented a writ against Sheik Hasina and Sheik Rehana's security regulation and distribution of public structures after the overseer government drove by resigned Boss Equity Latifur Rahman took power.
The writ request was recorded by the party's then, at that point, General Secretary Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan. The High Court gave a decision not long after recording this writ request.
The BNP in its writ request said the 'Father of the Country's Relatives' Security Act' is prejudicial and unlawful.
This Act is supposed to be against the fundamental design of the Constitution. The BNP contended that the law was outlined for simply two individuals instead of all residents of the country.
It is said in the writ request that Awami Association will win assuming this regulation is in force during the overseer government. Accordingly, the climate of fair races will be defiled.
Be that as it may, not much headway was made with this writ.
Meanwhile, the political scene has changed. BNP came to drive subsequent to winning the races in October 2001.
Then, at that point, in December, the 'Father of the Country Security of Relatives Act 2001' was revoked.
Going out
Sheik Hasina chose to leave Ganabhaban in the setting of enormous political contention.
In no less than a month of the guardian government coming to drive, Sheik Hasina left the Ganabhaban. Then, at that point, on August 16, 2001, she left the Ganabhaban.
At the point when Sheik Hasina was leaving Ganobhaban, she called BNP pioneer Khaleda Zia to take off from the cantonment house.
Citing Sheik Hasina, Day to day Prothom Alo paper composed then, "She (Khaleda Zia) said that she will talk about with me provided that I leave Ganobhaban. Presently the conversation can occur provided that he returns the cantonment house he purchased for 101 rupees."
While leaving Ganabhaban, Sheik Hasina additionally told journalists, "I could do without to hear such a lot of discuss home. No, no, I didn't take it."
Sheik Hasina then, at that point, guaranteed that a proposition was made to purchase the Ganobhaban house at a representative cost of Tk 101 in the bureau meeting.
"I didn't acknowledge that deal. I said, I simply need a spot to remain. The security men overviewed different houses and decided Sugandha, Yamuna or Karatoa as my home. I didn't pick Karatoka (later Gana Bhavan) over an extravagance house like Yamuna," Sheik Hasina told columnists.
Later in 2001, while leaving the Ganabhaban, Sheik Hasina guaranteed that the Ganabhaban was not set apart as the state leader's home.
He brought up the issue, on the off chance that it is set apart as the Top state leader's home, why Shah Aziz, Maudood Ahmad and Khaleda Zia didn't utilize the Ganobhaban?
History of Ganabhavan
After the autonomy of Bangladesh, the Ganobhaban was worked during the hour of the then State leader Sheik Mujibur Rahman.
Yet, Sheik Mujibur Rahman didn't live there. He resided with his family in a house at Dhanmondi Street No. 32, which was subsequently changed over into the 'Bangabandhu Commemoration Exhibition hall'.
In 2001, Sheik Hasina said that Sheik Mujibur Rahman involved Ganobhaban for office work during his residency as Top state leader and President.
Initially it was utilized as an evening office.
It is realized that after Sheik Mujib's homicide, this Ganobhaban was in an unwanted state.
Gana Bhavan was redesigned in 1985 when General Ershad was in power and it was renamed as State Visitor House 'Karatwa'.
This visitor house was utilized for unfamiliar heads of state and government. It is said that the then State head of India Rajiv Gandhi remained here during his visit to Dhaka.
After that the visitor house 'Karatwa' was utilized for some state purposes.
Yet, in the wake of winning the decisions in 1996, Sheik Hasina turned into the top state leader and began living in Ganobhaban.
It was then renamed again as 'Gana Bhavan', after Sheik Hasina left the Gana Bhavan in 2001, it was not utilized again for a couple of years.
Then, after Awami Association came to drive in 2009, Sheik Hasina originally went to the state visitor house Jamuna.
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| Image Credit: BBC Bangla |
Sheik Hasina began living there in Walk 2010, 14 months after the culmination of Ganobhaban redesign.
The greater part of the work during Sheik Hasina's system was directed from Ganabhaban.
Particularly after the questionable appointment of 2018, he didn't hold a lot of office in the State leader's office situated in Tenggao region. He has accomplished government work and different party gatherings sitting in Ganabhaban.
On fifth August, when the understudies started to rush to the Gana Bhavan, he left the Gana Bhavan and traveled to India through the Kurmitola air terminal.
-Source: BBC Bangla
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