Comments on news report

“BNP won't cut Jamaat link,” published on January 19, 2014

S.M. Iftekhar Ahmed
A flawed decision and a recipe for disaster. Everyone except the BNP seems to be aware of the true colours of Jamaat. As it seems, they live in an alternative universe that is far removed from the people. More pressure needs to be exerted, especially from the US and this extremist outfit needs to be banned.

Molla A. Latif
BNP cannot do it as it has no separate entity now. What people think of Jamaat is not unknown to her. Terrorism is her only political weapon and without Jamaat no one can do it. God save this country.

Deepjelejai
Jamaat-Shibir is equivalent to BCL if one considers the activities of both. The recent attack on a female lawyer is the best example. A lot more can be given. Why should AL be continuing with its armed division?

Barkat
If AL can have nexus with the JP, why can't BNP have link with Jamaat?

Aasfisarwar
The combative power of AL is no less than Jamaat and BNP combined, but no one is asking for banning AL because the nation has been effectively divided into two poles. BNP is marginalised, while Jamaat is the only party that after all these tortures maintained their violent capability on a par with AL and that is very uncomfortable for AL to maintain their one party supremacy and prolong the BKSAL rule.

Akhtar Shah
That would be political hara kiri. That wall of sound (Jamaat) is deafening BNP to listen to anything self-preserving!

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“Govt illegal, isolated” (January 21, 2014)

Mortuza Huq
BNP does not need to expel Jamaat. These two parties can amicably agree not to be in the alliance formally. Jamaat can always separately and independently copy BNP's programmes to hold a credible election immediately. Jamaat and Hefazat supporters will surely understand why they can't be with BNP in public. Yet who can deny that they are citizens of Bangladesh and can attend any public gathering. More importantly, they are voters in huge numbers and their votes will matter.

S. M. Iftekhar Ahmed
Jamaat is a spent force and people are beginning to see them for what they truly are: just because you claim to be an Islamic party does not necessarily mean so. No Islamic minded party resorts to violence. It is time to ban these fanatics.

Akm Bari
Does Khaleda Zia understand that her husband General Zia's government was illegal, as declared by the Bangladesh Supreme Court? She claimed at a public meeting that the current government is illegal. But it is a legal government by any standard.

Shahid Imon
There is no denying that the current government has engineered the 5th January election undermining our voting rights as well as democratic norms. It doesn't have de facto legitimacy to govern us. Thus, a fresh election is a must to return to democracy and sustain our economic and social sector achievements.