Dirty politics

leaders' playing a dirty game of politics. We, the common people, have to suffer for their selfish and impatient acts.

The main opposition party Awami league and the 14-party opposition combine successfully organised their Grand rally at Paltan Maidan on 22 November. In order to foil the oppositions' grand rally, the government allegedly

backed transport unions to hold a wildcat strike which eventually paralysed the entire country.

Not only that, the ruling party allegedly instructed the law enforcers to indiscriminately beat up the opposition activists who came to join the rally. They even didn't spare the journalists.

But did it serve the government in any way? Did it stop the opposition supporters from coming in large numbers to the rally? Actually the law enforcers' approach & manhandling of the opposition workers didn't make any impact on the rally, rather it gave the opposition a chance to call a hartal!

Undoubtedly this hartal would just add to public sufferings, nothing else. Hartal is a self-destructive weapon going against the greater interest of the country. But it seems that our politicians don't care about this.

So do we have to assume that their petty party interests are greater than the interests of the masses? Politics is for the welfare of the general masses but in our country it seems that politics is for the welfare of our politicians alone!

The government doesn't want to give any room to the opposition while the opposition wants to dislodge a democratically elected government by force! How long will the people have to suffer for the limitations of our political parties?

In a democratic country, the opposition has every right to hold rallies, processions etc. as these are their democratic rights. The government shouldn't try to resist the opposition from doing so. On the other hand, the opposition shouldn't do anything which is against the interest of the country.

As both of our leaders are regarded as born politicians--they should know it better than us!

But they don't want to act the way they should.

So when will our leaders' good sense prevail? When will the nation get rid of this dirty politics which is destroying the entire nation?