Nationality Bangladeshi Children Shomit Asfaqul Haq | Preceded by Abul Kalam Azad Spouse(s) Afroza Haq Rina | |
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Political party Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | ||
Hasanul Haq Inu is a left wing politician and the present minister of Information of Bangladesh. He leads a faction of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and was involved in a Marxist insurgency in the 1970s.
Contents
- Hasanul haq inu
- Early life and education
- Political career
- 1972 1975
- After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 2008 Present
- Criticism
- References
Hasanul haq inu
Early life and education
Hasanul Haq Inu was born on 12 November 1946 at Bheramara Upazila, Kushtia District to A H M Qamrul Haq, an employee of Karnaphuli Paper Mills, and Begum Hasna Hena Haq. He graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (then East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology) in 1970.
Political career
Hasanul Haq Inu joined Bangladesh Chhatra League in 1968, and became its general secretary in 1969.
1972-1975
After the independence of Bangladesh Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the Bangladesh Awami League split following ideological differences between Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's nephew Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani, forming Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, led by Serajul Alam Khan. Hasanul Haq Inu joined this faction.
The party called for establishing socialism through an armed revolution. It had an armed wing, Gonobahini, which led a violent insurgency against the government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In 1974, Hasanul Haq Inu led a group of armed men to attack the residence of then home minister Mansur Ali, which resulted in the 1974 Ramna massacre. He also distributed anti-government leaflets.
After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family in 1975, Inu along with Gonobahini's military leader Colonel Abu Taher rescued army chief Ziaur Rahman from house arrest, in order to facilitate a Marxist takeover of power. On 7th November , 1975, Inu led assault on the Indian high commission in order to kidnap the high Commissioner Samar Sen. Ziaur Rahman realized that the disorder set off by the soldiers' mutiny had to be suppressed firmly if discipline was to be restored in the army. Ziaur Rahman declared martial law and cracked down on the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal. Abu Taher was sentenced to death by a military tribunal on charges of treason, and Inu was sentenced to life in prison.
2008- Present
Hasanul Haq Inu was elected from Kushtia-2 in the Bangladesh Parliament. He is the president of a faction of the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, which is a member of the Awami League led coalition government in Bangladesh. He was appointed minister of Information in 2012, replacing Abul Kalam Azad. This appointment occurred despite protests from senior Awami League leaders.
Criticism
Hasanul Haq Inu has often been accused of making the conditions that led upto the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In 2016, Bangladesh Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam remarked that Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and Hasanul Haq Inu had created the political atmosphere that led to the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He also admitted that making Hasanul Haq Inu and the was a mistake they "had to atone." Other opposition leaders also hold him responsible for Sheikh Mujib's killing.
When commenting on Inu's activities in 1972- 1975, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said: "Inu's attitude at that time was like that of militant kingpins Laden, Zawahiri and Shaykh Abdur Rahman." He also demanded his trial for his crimes before a people's court.