AL deadline

By Aminul Islam, SS Hall, Dept. of Economics, DU
20 April 2004, 18:00 PM
The AL secretary general Abdul Jalil glibly announced that the alliance government would fall by 30th April, as if the angel of information had covertly apprised him of the deadline. After the debacle in the last elections, it was widely expected that the grand party's top notch would be reformed. The party acted accordingly and Abdul Jalil replaced Zillur Rahman. But there has been very little qualitative change in this regard. On what basis, he announced a deadline? What will happen if the alliance govt does not fall by April 30? There is apparently no reason why such a big development will take place.