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11 March 2004, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By A citizen, Dhaka
11 March 2004, 18:00 PM
Recently, the BNP government decided to make certain amendments to the constitution on the strength of its majority in parliament, completely disregarding the aspirations of the people of Bangladesh. The capsule of amendments to be swallowed much unwillingly by the nation has a conglomerate of diverse active ingredients shrewdly designed to deflect public attention from real day to day issues. While the prices are rising unabatedly hitting hard the common people, particularly the poorer section, there is no visible action to mitigate those. Both the BNP and the AL eye the seat of power, using the sufferings of the people as a weapon against the other.

March 8, 2004 was the International Women's Day. The BNP led government under the influence of the Jamaat disappointed the nation with a constitution amendment proposal providing 45 indirectly chosen women to decorate parliament. This may be categorised as the greatest practical joke (or mockery) for the International Women's Day meted out not only to the women, but to the entire nation, who aspire for democratic values and practices. The BNP proved once again, like their counterpart the AL, that they do not believe in democratic principles and performances. This is how we pay our debts (!) in BNP or AL style. I am equating the AL with the BNP as they also, during their tenure, wanted the same thing, albeit keeping Ershad's original 30 numbers. In fact, BNP's defence and AL's opposition to this amendment only expose their anti-people character.

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