I am afraid...
Dr. B Chowdhury is a former president of Bangladesh. The president is supposed to be a neutral person who upholds the honour of the esteemed office and is respected by all. Yet the former president was attacked in front of the police! By what rationale can this be condoned? By what rationale can the ruling party's young activists say that this is punishment for him for defecting from the BNP? And who are these so-called Young Turks? Why can't we name them? Are we so afraid of being harmed for asking questions and speaking the truth? If so then we no longer live in a democracy. Why is the inspector general of police mum about all this? Is it not his duty to uphold the law, irrespective of the political affiliation of the person under attack? We as a nation have lost moral authority. Not one person from the government had the courage to stand up on B Chowdhury's behalf and ask for an inquest into the attack on his rally. And there has been an attack on Mannan's business interests! How can anybody simply stand by and condone this. All because he wanted to take a decision based on the best interests of the nation.
We are becoming a nation of hooligans. If the former president can be attacked simply because he took a different stand , then the rest of us have little hope of justice or even safety. God help us all.
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