Fuzzy democracy
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We are the people living in a democratic state. The essence of democracy is that the sovereign power of the state is in the hands of the people and the people are the source of the state power. In a democratic state, political parties have the right to adopt the peaceful measures like demonstration, procession, human chain, hunger strike etc to press home their respective demands. It may be the party in power or the opposition. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) made a human chain on July 7 to put pressure on the government for releasing their party leaders and activists who were detained during the hartal day. But our govt. used the police force with the collaboration of party activists to deal with the protests. It is a shame for democracy. We the general people do not support the destructive hartal culture, nor do we expect undemocratic activities from the political parties. The present govt. has a vision to establish a digital Bangladesh by the year of 2021. It is not possible by brushing aside the practical exercise of democracy inside the party as well as countrywide. So, the political parties, especially the party in power, should be more temperate and show due respect to democracy. Otherwise, the dream of a digital Bangladesh will remain a dream only.
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