Hasina criticises the press

I therefore feel that the statement made by the venerable leader of the opposition has no other dimension. It looks like she is angry. The allegations she levelled against the media are no different from the Leader of the House who is also looking for scapegoats to cover for her failings. On the other hand I find the remarks she made against the press comparing it with the times she was in the government are full of invectives and certainly not reflective of the whole truth.

The hallmark of our political hierarchy is arrogance both in action and speech. Coming directly to the issue at stake, as a keen observer of political events for nearly three decades I most humbly wish to point out that if one were to identify three major causes of Awami League's victory in the last elections it would be -- the support of the media, the NGOs, and a very important segment of the intelligentsia, exactly in the same order of priority. Therefore the allegations of the Leader of the Opposition against the media are not only baseless but also "unkind." It is my impression that even to this day the media

has a marked tendency to be more favourably disposed towards the opposition than the government.