Post-budget thoughts
For the last few years, I have been watching the phenomena of post budget criticism. There is a group of intellectuals who could go deep into a budget's pros and cons when the budget presentation was not even half way through. This we observed recently when our finance minister was presenting his budget. These intellectuals have a very wide coverage through newspapers & TV and, as such, they have a great impact on the general public. I fail to understand how the labour of a whole team of the ministry working for months together could not foresee what these intellectuals grasped within hours. To make a long story short, I propose to our finance minister to employ these few intellectuals on a contract basis for a few months for assisting in preparing a flawless budget acceptable to all, including the critics. This will not only help the ministry but also the people of Bangladesh who find themselves in a dilemma as whom to believe and what to believe. We don't want to be dragged into despair as the help of a few intellectuals can assist the ministry towards presenting an acceptable budget.
Here I exclude the criticism by the opposition parties because they are mandated for constructive criticism of the party in power.
I hope the finance minister will consider my proposal.
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