AL Politics

By Iskander Meah, Dhaka
28 June 2005, 18:00 PM
AL has a peculiar psyche. They think they have the divine right to rule this country whether people vote for them or not. When they are in power then everything is right.

While they were in power between 1996-2001, there was no clamour for any change in the Caretaker Government System or of the Election Commission. Everything was fine. During the AL tenure they could not catch any of the criminals responsible for the bomb explosions in different functions. All the top criminals were happily doing 'business' in and around Dhaka.

The present Alliance government may be responsible for the criminal activities and grenade throwing. But AL does not own up when their activists smash and set fire to buses and burn the driver of the CNG tri-wheeler to death on and before the day of hartal. They claim to uphold secularism but they are mysteriously silent about the persecution of the Ahmediyyas. There is political capital to think about!

If the AL have their way then all the important decisions of the nation will be taken on the streets and Jatio Sangsad will exist only to give the perks and privileges to their leaders without attending it.