Lopsided claims

Fish, vegetable and fruit exports and marketing: the weakest links are inadequate canning industry and cold storage depots at rural depth. Only export of frozen and fresh items are publicised. What about non-frozen packing, storage and use at home and abroad? Even locals cannot buy these items off season in perceivable packings? There is complete silence in this development area. Why? The consumers have to be offered choices.

Leather: scanty news on value-added products and its export and QC. The SMEs in the shoes and bags areas do not get R&D backup; and the financial side implications do not get highlight.

RMG: administration and management are poor, but official focus is absent on enforcing the basic phases of regulatory practices. Now factory building collapse and frequent fires are drawing international attention, not to speak of poor HR culture. Now the factory owners are demanding assistance from the importers, on the plea of quoting lower export prices to grab orders. Why multistoried buildings are allowed as factories, and that too without adequate safety measures? There are no periodical drills (poor PR by BGMEA); and the amenities to workers are not publicised. There are only fire-safety inspectors to look after several thousand factories. and the budget is silent on remedial measures (same is the situation in ensuring safe food in the bazaars).

When politicians seek publicity on ego trips, that is the end of scientific, progressive development.

The session jams and student politics in the campus are not commented upon by the MPs, who concentrate on finding perpetual fault with the opposition tactics. There is complete absence of constructive criticism by the higher ups. It is not possible in a society of sycophants and culture of nepotism.

Why the co-operative system cannot be revived in a healthy and honest manner? The finger points to only one type of culprit political abuse of power and influence.

Political internal discipline is not enforced for public awareness. When political field workers break the rules, there is no corrective mechanism or deterrent action. There is no point in soliciting votes for mastan training centres! Why a voter like this writer speak in such a strange language, never heard from politicians? The huge communication gap between the rulers and the ruled, known as modern democracy!

Big business magnates are controlling development policies. Feedback systems are cheap (in the long run), and practical. We prance too much on the branches, ignoring foundation nurture. Result: operations never reach 'effortless' routine level performance. The mood-of-the-moment should be discouraged. Be a silent worker in the background. This is the job of the civil service, but it has been tarnished, and its motivation poisoned. No re-orientation programmes are announced. There is too much hankering for laying foundation stones. [One is reserved for the individual at the graveyard at the end of the game!]