“Democracy Day”

15 November 2007, 18:00 PM

Kumar Prithwiraj Nath, Toronto, Canada

This year also Nur Hussain Day was observed on 10 November as before. Nur Hussain sacrificed his life for democracy. The blood of Nur Hussain helped end autocracy and establish the so-called democracy. Unfortunately, the political parties are not strong believers in democracy, rather they are interested in having the charm of governance and staying in power, showing zero tolerance to the views of the opposition and maintaining no norms of democracy in their official functions. But we have no alternative other than democracy. Obviously, secularism should also be taken as a civilised way of life. To give due honour to the sacrifice of Nur Hussain, I urge the government to declare November 10 as Democracy Day and observe the day with due solemnity throughout the country. On this day, there should be rallies, seminars and workshops to find out the ways and means of establishing democracy in the truest sense.