Dear leaders, life is an echo!

I would like to narrate a story at the outset. A little boy got angry with his mother and shouted at her, "I hate you, I hate you." Because of fear of reprimand, he went up to the valley and shouted, "I hate you, I hate you," and back came the echo, "I hate you, I hate you." This was the first time in his life he had heard an echo. He got scared, went to his mother for protection and said there was a bad boy in the valley who shouted "I hate you, I hate you." The mother understood and asked him to go back and shout, "I love you, I love you." The little boy went and shouted, "I love you, I love you," and back came the echo. That little incident taught the little boy a lesson for a lifetime that our life is like an echo: We get back what we give. Worth reading, isn't it?
Our two arch political rivals are busy criticising each other. They don't see anything good in the opposite party. The filthy words they utter against each other, even in the parliamentary sessions, are totally beyond imagination.
Ideally, in a democracy both the ruling party and the opposition should perform their respective responsibilities so that there is accountability in their politics, but they should do that with due respect to each other.
Why don't they do so? The answer is pretty simple, they think that, as an opposition party, if they praise the good work of the government they will never be able to come to power. People will think that the government is running the country very well since the opposition is praising them. So, they will keep voting the ruling party to power again and again. If they only knew, things work totally the other way round. To be honoured, you have to show honour first. By the same token, to have a friend, be a friend first. They are perhaps scared of a third political alliance, or they just don't like it, but it is they who are creating the opportunity for third political platform because the citizens are really frustrated and tired of these two parties' activities and attitudes against each other.

The writer is a communication trainer and journalist.