Dhaka Times Report. The political arena of the country is becoming increasingly difficult. The glimmer of hope that appeared after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Bangladesh is doubtful.
Because once again the charge sheet has been given against the political leaders. The police has filed a charge sheet accusing 45 leaders and activists of 18 parties including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the case of burning a car in front of the Prime Minister's office. At the same time, it has applied for issuance of arrest warrant against the absconding accused. On May 10, the investigating officer of the case, Metropolitan Detective Police Inspector Nurul Amin filed the charge sheet in the court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka. The charge sheet will be formally presented on the scheduled date of May 13. The next hearing will be held on that day. On the afternoon of May 10, the Chief Justice constituted a bench of the third judge to hear the High Court's split order on the question of anticipatory bail of the accused in this case. A single bench headed by Justice Mohammad Anwar-ul-Haq will hear the issue of the bifurcated order. The third bench may hear on May 13. Additional Attorney General of the government MK Rahman and Advocate Zainul Abedin said that the accused in this case will remain in the same condition until the matter is settled in the third bench.
On the other hand, in the political situation of the country, the speakers in the round table meeting organized by Citizens for Good Governance (Sujan) said that dialogue, compromise and solution are very important to overcome the political instability. Besides, they advised the two leaders to avoid the path of conflict and walk on the path of tolerance. Speakers said that no progress can be seen in the establishment of rule of law, as murders, disappearances and terrorism are increasing in the country. Caretaker government systems have emerged as a major problem at present. And because of this problem, there is a conflict between the government and the opposition party. If this continues, one of our two main political parties will be destroyed one day. The speakers of the meeting also said that the innocent people of the country are suffering due to the conflict between the government and the opposition parties. Advising the civil society to come forward to reduce the ongoing concern or crisis about the country's politics and the existing distance between the two main parties, the speakers said, to solve these problems, the country's civil power should be awakened and united.
ASM Shahjahan, Prof. Emajuddin Ahmed, Professor Dr. Ajoy Roy, Brigadier General (Retd.) M Sakhawat Hossain, Abul Hasan Chowdhury, Professor Abdul Mannan, Ali Imam Majumdar, Badiur Rahman, Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury, A Akram, Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Professor Dilara Chowdhury, Dr. Piyas Karim, Humayun Kabir Hiru, Professor Asif Nazrul, Nurul Haque Majumder, Advocate Ahsanul Karim Chowdhury Babul, Meher E Khuda, Zakir Hossain, Engineer Musbah Alim, Professor Kamal Ataur Rahman, Journalist Munir Haider and others.
The speakers of the round table meeting also said that the society can never be changed if the political parties are not brought on the right track. If the two major parties do not accept the responsibility to solve the crisis, then the civil society will have to accept this responsibility. Due to the intolerance of the two main parties, the speakers of the program believe that the arrival of a third force may happen in the country. They also think that the language of protest is narrowing day by day because there is no self-criticism in the government.
In the original article, Professor Badiul Alam Majumder said that our political situation is becoming increasingly complex. Intolerance and conflict have been going on in our political arena for a long time. Our Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition do not step on each other's shadow. He said that even though some political killings have taken place in the past as a result of the conflict politics, the killings of Ahsan Ullah Master, Shah AMS Kibria etc. during the previous four-party coalition government added a new dimension to this heinous act. The disappearance of Dhaka City Corporation Commissioner and BNP leader Chowdhury Alam on June 25 and his failure to find him till date has led to a repeat of the violent politics of the past. Referring to the article, Badiul Alam Majumdar said that only in the month of April, 24 people were killed and 2528 people were injured in political violence across the country. The mysterious disappearance of Ilyas Ali and his driver on April 17 has created a nationwide storm of discussion and criticism. Badiul Alam Majumder also said in a written statement that according to the information of 'Law and Arbitration Center', 100 people were abducted by law and order forces across the country in 27 months and 19 days from January 2010 to April 20, 2012.
Sociologist Ajay Roy said, if someone thinks that nothing will happen with political parties, this thinking is not right. He also commented that there is no such thing as a failed state in Bangladesh. Corruption is rampant in politics and culture. In this regard, the thoughts of the civil society should be told to the people. He also thinks that a situation should be created in which the political parties are forced to listen to the words of the people.
Awami League's former organizing secretary Mahmudur Rahman Manna said that where US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee do not speak, people speak. He urged to awaken citizen power and said that citizen power should be developed. Civil assembly should be held. Then the citizens will say, we don't want you to quarrel.
Former Election Commissioner M Sakhawat Hossain said that as long as the majority system is maintained in the politics of Bangladesh, there will be two parties. The third party will not come. This requires decentralization of power. He said, we have to stay with both parties. So we have to figure out how to be good with them. For this reason, he urged the two main parties to sit in dialogue.
In such a situation, it is the responsibility of the citizens of the country to force both the government and the opposition to engage in dialogue. Abstaining from that responsibility would mean further escalation of the conflict situation in the country. So everyone should come forward to find a way out of the crisis. Because the overall situation of the country with various types of activities including killings and disappearances has come to such a point that conflict is inevitable. Moreover, the caretaker issue is also a major issue in the country's political situation. The government party has to think about that too.
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