Nobel laureate Dr Yunus stressed this point all along. “Bangladesh has no option but going to election. People will need to start the festivities of election. Once festivities start all the violence and deadlock will be over.”
Looks like Dr Yunus, again, was right. Bangladesh is indeed going to elections. And festivities, fanfare all are already here. It will go on for the next 30 days.
Good luck Bangladesh with election 2007.
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Tareq Zia officially launches his political career by paying respect to her mother. And on the same day he starts his campaign rhetoric by bringing back the much used India fear during a speech towards the Olama-Mashaeks of Bangladesh. Oh Yes, India will be a hot item in this election. In fact BNP led jote and Awami league led jote is by no means different on any issue except probably India issue.
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And talking about Olama Mashaekhs! They are also in high demand now a days. Looks like everybody is begging to court their favor. The last nail in the coffin of our secularism was sealed hard yesterday with the five point contract between Awami League and Khelafat Majlish. These five points denounce secularism, promises not to make any law against the teaching of Quran and Sunnah, will recognize Qaumi Madrassa, Any one believing in any prophet/leader after Muhamad will be declared not Muslims ( Ahmadiyas are doomed!), Blasphemy will be activated, Fatwa will be permitted.
This five point contract is practically an obituary of any remaining hope of reviving our secularism.
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Over the last six months there have been a tremendous pressure to take a side, and obviously the side of the righteous against the wrong. For me the difference was fudgy and now between an alliance of Awami League, Shoirachar, Rajakar, communist, Islamist and the other alliance of BNP and Al Bard it got fudgier.
Hope the people of Bangladesh can go to the elections with a clearer distinction between the right and the wrong.
In the Middle of Nowhere 
December 24, 2006 at 4:12 pm
Yes, it’s like a choice between cancer and tuberculosis! But it is fatalist to say that ‘to hell with both sides’. Maybe someday a better alternative can be formed. But right now, we have to choose between these two.
At the end of the day, not to vote is to abdicate one’s responsibility. One way that Drishtipat and others like this organisation can help make the choice clearer is by ranking candidates. I believe you guys were planning on something like this. Best wishes with that.
On India being a factor, can you elaborate? Is the India-bogey still relevant? If so, then where? I guess the border regions have an anti-India vote bank, but these were already with BNP-JI in 2001, so what impact will additional anti-India rhetoric have?
December 26, 2006 at 12:33 pm
I hope that we can get a quiet time after the election. I will be very disppointed if hortal and aboroth start after the election day since some one has to loose.
Congrad to all parties in Bangladesh.
Best wishes,
M. M. Chowdhury
http://www.amreteckpharma.com
December 30, 2006 at 10:38 am
Both the major alliances(4 party & 14 party) are full of corrupted politician and businessman, who are 200% money and power mongar only. They don’t think about the mass people or about our country. And both the present power person like Hasina and Tarek(though Khaleda leads the 4 party,but Tarek is the main factor today) seems to think this country as their own fathers belongings.
We are like “GANI MIAH,that poor farmer who has no land of his own”.
May everybody try their best for better Bangladesh.
January 5, 2008 at 6:35 pm
bangladesh crazy