The writer tried to convince the readers using numerous reasons behind the grand alliance's decision to boycott the election. The reasons he gave were all old and settled. Since those issues were settled, the grand alliance decided to submit their nomination papers before the Eid break. The only change I could see that happened during the Eid holidays was the cancellation of all of Ershad's nomination papers. This led him and his party to go for 'no Ershad, no election' strategy. Sensing a debacle in the upcoming election without Ershad and JP, the grand alliance also decided to follow the same path i.e. 'no Erhsad, no election'. The writer failed to notice the simple matter of fact and went on and on about other reasons like voter list, neutrality of administrator, package proposal etc. He failed to see that the grand alliance was so morally bankrupt that they decided to boycott the polls in support of a former dictator, a corrupt politician against whom we fought for eight years.

There was an opinion poll in the daily Prothom Alo right after this boycott decision. The question was if we thought the boycott decision was logical. The majority of the readers thought the boycott decision was not logical.