Well, we may have to ponder and wonder as to how many happy turns-around have happened in our politics over the last four decades. To be objective, our politics has had a mix of both types of turns-around; but to be candid, the unhappy ones dominate over the happy ones.
This time the unhappy turn-around originates out of the court order for the opposition leader Khaleda Zia to vacate her cantonment house; and done so either on her own or under duress. We disown any competence to dilate on or delve into the depth of the legal aspects surrounding this happening.
We are solely concerned with the alarming and shocking fall-out of what should have been a high profile legal battle between the establishment and opposition.
The fall-out we are concerned with is, however, not new and by now we have had enough of that.
The political fight between the goverment and opposition is always fought out like the one between two adversaries. But the point missed out by our leaders is the politics is not a fight, it is a game played on clearly spelt-out rules.
The hartal declared by the opposition by way of its knee-jerk reaction to the cantonment house related happening brings to the fore the intermetrics between our politics and economics. As reported in the media, about a million home goers are affected by this wild can hartal.
Moreover, what about the loss to be incurred by the business groups as Eid shoppers are faced with closed shutters of their shopping places? Again, what happens to the public caught in such political fracas? We humbly say that if politics is for securing public interest and ensuring public welfare public should not be held hostage to confrontational politics.
We know politics is an art of compromise - compromise for the greater interest of the Country and the people. We also know that there are ample avenues, even in politics, to sort out problems and solve crises in ways short of confrontation in an independent country like our Bangladesh. This is civilized and democratic.
The daily sun appeals to our leaders to let the people celebrate Eid-ul-Azha as they would like. Let there be an environment ensured for such a celebration. Can the politics of confrontation be on hold until the Eid Celebration is over; and also for an indefinite future?
Article by: Prof. Dr. Syed Anwar Husain
Collected & Posted by : Ahamed Bauani for non commercial use only.
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