Reverse logic?

The people didn't vote the BNP for launching public agitation. However, we understand that every party has to defend itself and do all it can to get elected. But we keep telling these two leaders that wasting our money in their personal fights is not the way to get votes. Try serving the people for once and you will see that people will vote for you.

Instead of getting votes by serving people, both Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina seem to be obsessed with using 'organisational strength' for this purpose. So the obvious question is: why do they believe in means other than democratic practices? The reason, I believe, is that they have not been paying a high price for their mistakes.

Let me give you a simple example. Many of us, Bangladeshis, are quite happy to offer bribe (yes, let's admit it) to police and other government officials to get our job done. But when these same Bangladeshis are arrested by police abroad (in the UK, for example), we don't offer them bribe. Why? That is because we know by offering bribe we will make matters worse and get even harsher punishment. If Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina paid a price for their mistakes, they would have corrected the same. Ask yourself how many people have sacrificed their lives for this country? Many of our senior citizens today will clearly remember the pain and harassment they had to tolerate in the hands of the occupiers. Many of you had lost your loved ones in the Liberation War. But why did they fight? They didn't sacrifice their precious lives for this country so that we can just hand it over to other occupiers?

We are guilty of being too soft with criminals.