Dhaka University teachers
Sajjad Haidar, Mohammadpur, Dhaka
In several newspapers today (21 July), I find the report that some teachers of the Dhaka University are going to protest the arrest of Sheikh Hasina and the confinement of Khaleda. They are even considering boycott of classes as part of the protest. University teachers are highly educated and are believed to be the conscience of the nation. However, I would like to ask the teachers who have affiliation with political parties, is it a reasonable for them to get involved in such type of activities? Over the last 15 years we saw what happened in Bangladesh. In the name of establishing democracy, the AL and the BNP plundered the nation. Relentless and ever increasing corruption has made the country the most corrupt in the world; this is the only success they can claim! What's the percentage of the people who have been involved in corruption? Could be less than 1%, and among these, politicians and bureaucrats are the majority. It can be argued, but most of us would emphatically say that these top two leaders (Khaleda and Hasina) are to be blamed for tarnishing the image of the politicians. They could have done a lot to stop the spiralling corruption and weakening of the governing institutions. Of course these two leaders have some successes but those are largely overshadowed by their wrongdoings. The DU teachers who are not involved in petty politics should protest the actions of the politically polarized teachers, and should not allow them to boycott the class. Such type of class boycott is a huge wastage of public money. Rather than boycotting the class general teachers should boycott the election of Dhaka University Teachers Association, a highly politicised organisation. It should be mentioned that these politically affiliated teachers boycotted the speech of Nobel Prize winner Professor Yunus during this year's convocation.
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