Four cases against Khaleda Zia

I wrote in this column of DS several times in the past about why BNP is boycotting parliament. Finally Moudud Ahmed has come out with the main reason, because the BNP leadership failed to convince the media, other political parties and our intellectuals. All are blaming the government for failing to bring the opposition in the parliament. According to the intellectuals, it is the duty of the government to bring them in and make parliament functional, as if the opposition has no responsibility to attend voluntarily. Now the time has come for the government to make the parliament functional by withdrawing four cases against Khaleda Zia. The government should act quickly but with conditions as the New York court has done to Kahn, the IMF boss. The government does not need to compel the BNP leadership to wear monitoring devices. But Khaleda should vow that she will not demand withdrawal of cases against her sons and other top leaders like Moudud, Sirker, Abbas and many others.