Vicious circle
In Bangladesh, till now no political party has ever won an election; it has always been the case of the other party losing! What makes it worse is that irrespective of who the government is or what their election manifesto was during the campaign, once in power the strategy is always the same:
Shuffle the jobs across the rank and file and justify it saying the procedure was not duly followed by the previous government.
Stamping of party supremacy by their respective student wings across the educational arena.
Releasing and embracing the thugs and goons, suppressed under the previous regime, as political heroes. Simultaneously, filling this empty space in the prison with the opposition members (who will have to wait for their turn to become heroes again).
Finally, rename everything that even sounds like the name of the opposition party's renowned leader, no matter at what cost. It has reached such a frenzied state that an ordinary citizen may wonder if he or she will be able to keep his name or will that be changed too!
As a citizen of Bangladesh, we have been witness and unfortunately a party (after all it is our vote that brings them to power) to this merry-go-round for quite sometime. However, being the optimistic nation that we are, we hope that at least one, if not both the political parties, will realize that we need to step out of this vicious circle and start addressing the real needs of the country.
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