Banskhali tragedy and its politicisation
Fakhrul Alam, Siddeswari, Dhaka
The horror of Banshkhali tragedy has shocked all of us. We condemn such an insensitive and shameful act. The criminals behind this gruesome act should be brought to light and given exemplary punishment. At the same time we sympathise with those who lost their family members in this inferno. But we cannot support the politicising of this incident. As it appears from the news published in different dailies, some quarters are trying to colour it otherwise. They are trying to focus this incident in the international media as oppression of minority in anticipation of some political gain. Do they ever think at what cost they are trying to achieve a political gain? In fact, it is at the cost of image of the country and nothing else. In the international arena, the country has already a tarnished image, which is again due to persevering efforts of some vested corners. Recent effort of publicising the Banshkhali tragedy as oppression of minority by the vested corners would put another coat of defame on country's image. They think that if this could be established as minority oppression, the ruling party would be in embarrassing position and this will pave their way to power. But which one is important to them, gaining power by hook or by crook or country's image?
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