His greatness cannot be tarnished
The reactionary forces who captured the state power immediately after Bangabandhu's demise rightly understood that the deceased Mujib is more powerful as the deep rooted image of Bangabandhu cannot be wiped out from the heart of the Bengali unless an ill-designed anti-thesis against Mujib's ideology could be introduced. So, they initiated the process of history distortion with a view to demeaning Mujib's image.