Kibria's death and hartal

The government leaders have rightly pointed out that hartal is not the answer, but they seem to be overlooking that the opposition has been pushed to a corner from where it can think only of desperate measures. It seems the opposition's response to the killing is more important to the government, than bringing the culprits to justice! One might conclude that the government does not want the opposition to refrain from calling hartals; rather it is more interested in seeing the opposition losing popularity through embarking on that suicidal path!

Now let's turn our attention to the opposition. The opposition parties have every right to agitate after the AL lost three of its top leaders in recent times. But opposition strategists are perhaps not asking themselves how far the hartals would carry them. Are BNP leaders affected by the hartals? Or is it the poor people who have to bear the brunt of it? And what about the economy? Well, we have nothing to say if it is less important than opposition interests!

It seems the two sides are testing each other's patriotismsomething that does not really exist anywhere across the political spectrum!