Hartal
Nafees Ahmed Dhanmondi Dhaka
I think it has now become a fashion to write against hartal. We do not even think why the opposition is calling hartal. Like us, opposition parties know that hartal is very much unpopular. But I think they are forced to call hartal time and again. The main opposition party went to parliament and they are still in parliament. But they are not allowed to talk in parliament. The main opposition lost a popular MP Ahsan Ullah Master last year. The top brass of opposition leadership including Sheikh Hasina survived grenade attacks in August. Now SAMS Kibria was killed in a grenade attack. Can those who talk about democracy give any example of such frequent physical attack on the opposition in any democratic country? After any attack, the ruling party starts to blame the opposition for the attack. As if opposition leaders are trying their best to kill themselves!Ê If the opposition is calling hartal, then the ruling party will tell that they are running after power. If the opposition is seeking power, then why should they kill themselves? The main responsibility to identify the killers rests on the government because they are in power. But they identify the killers before doing any investigation. So how can we identify the killers? So the killing will continue and the government will continue to blame the opposition for suicidal attacks! And we will have more hartals!
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