Maybe it has something to do with OPERATION SEARCHLIGHT This was a military operation by Pakistan on the Bengals who seek autonomy in their own homeland.
After the Bengals won 167 seats out of 300 in the election they expected a swift movement of power to their own assembly so they could rule themselves and effectively annex themselves from Pakistan.
Pakistan had other ideas and after operation Blitz decided on Operation Searchlight in which they decided to ELIMINATE all opposition whether it be political or military.
The main reason for the attack was that Pakistan did not want to lose face or power. They had lost the election and so the Generals decided to attack and take control of the region by force, even though there had been no military action by the Bengals. Anyone not willing to kill civilians as well were relieved of their duties.
THE SEVEN POINT PLAN OF THE OPERATION
1. Operation to be launched simultaneously all across East Pakistan.
2. Maximum number of political and student leaders, and those among cultural organizations and teaching staff to be arrested.
3. Operation must achieve 100% success in Dhaka. Dhaka University would be occupied and searched.
4. Free and greater use of fire authorised for securing cantonments.
5. All internal and international communications to be cut off, including telephone, television, radio and telegraph.
6. All East Pakistani (Bengali) troops to be neutralised by seizing weapons and ammunition.
7. To deceive the Awami League, President Yahia Khan to pretend to continue dialogue, even if Mr. Bhutto disagrees, and to agree to Awami League demands.
Pakistani planners assumed that if the political leadership was captured, the Bengali armed units disarmed, and the civilians sufficiently terrorized, after a month no organized resistance would remain in East Pakistan. Their assumptions were proven wrong in the long run. The political leadership escaped to organize the resistance and lobby for international support, Bengali soldiers formed the core of the armed resistance, and civilians, despite the terror campaign, supported the insurgency with logistics, intelligence and volunteers for the irregular warfare.
Much like the government and UAF THUGS and searchlighters do now. They believe by attacking the BNP and sufficiently terrorizing the civilians they can get Britain to do what ever they want.
It failed then and it will fail now. Funny how the other BNP in the world is the Bangladesh National Party
Does history repeat itself lets hope we won't all get rounded up in a civil coup simply because the BNP wins a seat in parliament.
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