Jashore, March 15 -- Poet, philosopher, and political thinker Farhad Mazhar claimed on Saturday that the current government is an elected one, and that the 1972 Constitution of Bangladesh is, in fact, Pakistan's constitution.

Speaking as the chief discussant at a seminar titled "The Role of Youth in Post-July Revolution Bangladesh" at the Jashore Shilpakala Academy on Saturday, Mazhar also came down hard on the BNP, ssaying: "Their fall began the moment they stopped listening to us."

He further declared, "Those who do not learn from history, whether today or tomorrow, will be lost."

Mazhar said, Dr. Yunus's leadership in the interim government was established through a popular uprising and was not merely the result of an election.

"He...