Divide and rule politics

Another unbelievable trend has emerged in Dhaka student politics (DS Oct 14): the AL and BNP student bodies have joined to chase the Shibir demonstrators from the JU campus. [Another news item: the Pakistani and Indian troops are reported to be helping the quake victims through joint efforts.]

Common danger or calamity is a human leveller. In modern politics today, the human effect is missing, hence all the trouble in red areas all over the world [Sudan, Palestine, Kashmir, and you name it}. Business politics is not voter-friendly.

The message is clear: the terrorist zealots have taken advantage of the weak political base patronised by the two dynasty leaders. This chasm or gap has to be filled in by outside forces (nature does not encourage vacuum). Reap as you sow! There should be political consensus on national issues, in Approach and Policies. The local politics is myopic ["We can't see outside our camp!]. The mist of egotism prevails; or is it burqa?

The coming general election is not going to be smooth sailing for any party. Public awareness and consciousness is rising fast (corruption, high prices of goods and services, insecurity syndrome in the innocent section of the population, etc).

Deliver, or wait for deliverance from the political evils of the day.