No internal discipline

The situation created by the 21/8 attack is not the usual routine affair in the hate campaign prevailing in politics in Bangladesh for more than a decade. The situation is similar to that which erupted suddenly in 1990 when the autocratic regime was thrown out in a couple of weeks by the combined public opinion through a political consensus and siding of the civil and military wings against the then existing regime. Now the worry is greater for the BNP than for the AL. The alliance partners have to be more transparent. Now the people are losing faith in politics, due to insecurity, and insincerity at the professional level of policies and implementation. There are too many hush-hush affairs, and the prime minister is not being tough enough with the teams working within the regime.

The current coalition regime has to take stock of its public image created so far, and announce some blunt and transparent decisions, including the future policy agreement with the jote (alliance). The latter evidently do not believe in the golden-mean policies. There are strong rumours of too many lapses in negligence of duties (disciplinary actions) and covert, indirect, operations through hidden godfathers in power, who condone anti-public activities. The higher authorities are not forthcoming with the explanations, which is the fundamental right of the citizens (freedom of information).

The very future of politics has become a debatable question. Weak politics has crippled the new nation for more than thirty years, and the so called political leaders should not be allowed to have their way in running the country. There is a limit to hero-worshipping, after which all have to toil in their respective fields.