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29 January 2004, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By Gopal Sengupta/Shyamali Sengupta, Montreal, Quebec H3W1C9 CANADA
29 January 2004, 18:00 PM
We are really disappointed reading the above news item published in the DS on January 23,2004. The BNP parliamentary party keeps in mind, memory and works out that politics is all about communicating and so is the media. And for every action there is an equal and opposite - and often negative - reaction. Politicians do not concentrate on the five Ws: who ,what ,where, when and why. Media concentrate on the five Cs: controversy, chaos, conflict, confusion and crisis. Another principle is, "Always anticipate the reaction". When politicians cum policy makers give their comments on a situation they would always have in the back of their minds what the reaction might be. Because it's not the statement that makes the news ,it's the reaction to the statement that sets the ball moving.

Virtually any issue they deal with, that they might think is in the public good, is bound to have a negative reaction. Even if it's perfect, 30 percent of the people fundamentally oppose them.

Now a vital question may arise from the above: What do they (BNP parliamentary party) hope their legacy will be? The legacy they want to leave is very simple. They want Bangladesh to be a country with no debt; no more award such as most corrupt country for another term; a country having a sustainable, affordable and quality programmes in health, education and protection of the environment; safe streets, nothing fancy. To put it in a nutshell, they want to leave a country that is pretty well on autopilot-- that not even the opposition could mess it up!

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