For some chairs and a house!
Remember the immortal lines of Shakespeare? My horse, my horse, the kingdom for my horse! The BNP's stand for some extra seats in parliament and Khaleda Zia's residence seems similar. There really is no issue. She was allowed to stay on in her husband's temporary residence after he was killed in a military putsch. She is no more in that state of pecuniary state. Therefore it is not expected that she stays on in that house and carry on with her political activities. I remember having written in these columns of your e daily before the last elections that a level playing field should start at home. I said that one leader lived in Dhanmondi under public scrutiny for 24 hours. Any one could monitor her movement or those of the ones who came to her residence, the other was ensconced in her citadel where it was impossible to know what was happening after a certain hour of the night. How can she be allowed to stay on in a temporary home forever and carry on with her political activities from there? She should come to the people who have elected her twice and install herself in a house within people's gaze. Let her move to the other house in Gulshan given to her by the government or wherever she wants to be. But she must not be allowed to stay on in the cantonment. As for the seats in the front row in parliament, they were allotted those commensurate with their total number of lawmakers. So what are they grumbling about?
In reality the BNP, born as a party within the confines of the cantonment, was born to rule any whichever way, or so they think. They can not imagine how to play the role of a viable opposition. They will never come to parliament this time also. But if they pursue their self-destructive politics they will be eventually doomed.
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