A different Jatiya Sangsad
It was altogether a different Jatiya Sansad (May 12) -- for those in the gallery as well as those watching it on TV. It was of course a very sombre occasion to condole the death of a fellow MP, Ahsanullah Master who was brutally murdered only a few days back in Gazipur at the end of a meeting. Everyone from both sides of the floor praised the life and work of the deceased law-maker who was also a valiant freedom-fighter and lamented the loss with a strong appeal for bringing the killers to justice immediately.
Needless to say, the day of this exclusive session was evidently sad for all the members, senior leaders and particularly for the patriotic countrymen of the nation. The PM also personally assured the house of necessary steps to bring the killers to justice during her tenure. In fact everything on the May 12 parliament session bore the signs of respect for each-other, re-conciliation and tolerance; the qualities which we so far failed to observe in the behaviour of our parliament members before.
We all hope that Allah grants sanity and good sense to all of us (our MPs in particular). Unless we can bring law and order in our society, a day may come soon when many of us will be victims of similar senseless killings like Ahsanullah Master.
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