'Leave politics to politicians'
The president of Bangladesh and chancellor of Dhaka University, while addressing the 51st convocation of the university, requested to leave politics to politicians only. He expressed his concern about the fact that anyone in the country—a police officer, a government employee, an army officer, a vice chancellor, a barrister, or a teacher—can join politics after retirement. At present, many businessmen are involved in politics. He suggested that if someone wants to get into politics, he/she should get involved right after his/her graduation.
I think what he has said is quite important. We have a glorious history of student politics. But, at present, the term “student politics” is understood to refer to politics of the student wings of some of our political parties. Clearly, this type of student politics can't produce good political leaders. As a result, businessmen, retired government employees, and retired army and police officers, without the basic knowledge about politics, are joining politics. This practice must stop. And only those who have a good political background should do politics.
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