While the forces of production in post-colonial Bangladesh have continued to remain relatively stagnant, there has been a constant struggle to transform the existing relations of production to the advantage of this or that contending group. During the regime of Sheikh Mujib, the rural rich contended successfully for political power; and even though this class lost political power at the national level following the political changes in the later part of 1975, it continues to be dominant in the rural areas.
