After
the tragic assassination of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman on the late night of 15th August 1975 the then chief of Army
Maj. Gen. Shafiullah was relieved and the then Deputy Chief Maj. Gen. Ziaur
Rahman well known as “Zia” was promoted to the Chief of Army Staff. Actually
that was the rise of the real power of the Bangaladeshi nationalists. After a
90-day puppet government of Moshtaque, Khaled Musharraf couped on 3rd
November 1975 and made Justice A. Sayem the President on 6th
November 1975. Khaled Musharraf then was murdered by sepoys in a counter coup
led by Col. Taher on 7th November 1975.
Justice
A. Sayem, the choice of Khaled Mosarraf, remained unchanged and also deposed as
the president as well as Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA). Zia became one
of the Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrators. Soon after Zia took over the
CMLA on 19th November 1976 and Justice A. Sayem continued as an
ornamental President. Zia became the president on 21st April 1977
retiring Justice A. Sayem. Zia then declared to form a party on 16th
December 1977 and formed his party
JAGODAL on 23rd February 1978. The presidential election held
on 3rd June 1978 helped Zia to become the eleceted president of the
country by defeating General M. A. G. Osmani and thus rose to the zenith of the
power. After ascending to the power Zia formed the BNP on 1st
September 1978.
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