Our politicians and we
AKM Fakhrul Alam, Siddeshwari Lane, Dhaka
Present politics in Bangladesh has become a brutal game of power, a power struggle between the Awami League and the BNP or, more specifically, between Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia, while the general people of the country are the victims. The opposition party is trying to rouse the people against the ruling party with a target to unseat it but without any success. The opposition has failed to establish any political ideology in favour of the ongoing movement, which they are trying to build up. That is why they are getting poor response from the people. In the absence of political ideology, the movement cannot gather momentum. But the worst outcome of the political warp and woof between the ruling and opposition party is that the conscious people of the country, starting right from administration to police to intellectuals, are divided into two camps. Division among the civil and police administration as well as among the intellectuals has led to the malfunctioning of the administrative machinery, resulting in extreme deterioration of law and order , the direct victims of which are the general public and not the political leaders. Because of this situation the TIME magazine could publish a story on Bangladesh captioned "State of Disgrace". It has been observed that this power game started in 1991 from whence democracy in true sense has come into existence in this country. If we recall the wise saying "Democracy is for the people, by the people and of the people" and try to reconcile it with the situation prevailing in Bangladesh, we would be disappointed. Because common people are not getting any benefit from democracy, rather they are the worst sufferers. It is no wonder that an adverse opinion against democracy is growing among the common people. Time has come for the politicians to think over their activities and the consequences. They should rectify themselves and try to serve the people.
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