Readers Respond
Here are some comments that came in response to Wednesday's The Daily Star report headlined -- PM's share crash remark 'political'.
Nazmus Saquib
The blame game is one of the keys of our political parties. When government fails, they pass it on to opposition parties. We have been seeing so for a long time. But people do not want to see such games. Khondkar A Saleque
When a person is the prime minister of an entire nation, she must always remember her position whenever she talks. If she has concrete evidence of the opposition linked with the share market scam, she can always take appropriate actions. There is no point of witch hunting. Why does the prime minister, in her position, have to make political remarks? It is always better to be intelligent than wise. Dr Islam
Our honourable prime minister has blamed the opposition for stock market crisis and price hike of essentials. If it is true, bring those responsible under justice and give them a fair trial to alleviate the untold sufferings of the poor. Being the head of the government, just accusing certain people will not resolve these burning issues. A Bangladeshi from California, USA
It is surprising that the chief of the parliamentary standing committee on finance ministry has to explain the prime minister's opinion on share market fall as political. Kindly give us the difference between political statements, policy statements and blame game. We do not expect any blame game from any political party to divert public attention from the facts. We only expect a premier to speak with authority and factual evidences. Any political statement on such an economic issue will only backfire and that has started. I am not quite sure about the status of the committee's investigation on stock market scandal. Any statement from any quarter would only be a primitive move to undermine the function of the committee. I wonder whether it can be detected beforehand how the manipulations are carried out, who are doing these and what can prevent them from doing so with immediate and long term policies and strategy in place. Share business in Bangladesh is seen as an opportunity to gamble and become rich overnight. I think we need more professional and dependable management in the stock market. Kazi Salim
Does the opposition lawmakers want to reinstate those 'Black Days' of their rule? Wait until the end of this government's tenure. Talking about resignation and mid-term elections are farcical demands. It is not like a lollipop to give and take. All the misdeeds, illegal actions and unauthorised issues created and left by the BNP-Jamaat regimes are being fixed, for which the present government is still having troubles. Go to the parliament, which is the best place to speak against anything and raise voice there. Would you please ask your leader to come to the parliament? Not for 20 minutes for saving memberships but for the entire period of this parliament's sessions. Nasarullah
Under no circumstance is such comment from the honourable prime minister acceptable. She is not only the prime minister of the country but also the leader of a large political party. A minister can speak like this but not the prime minister, from whom we expect more articulate opinions that would create and lead positive impacts instead of hampering the process and prospect. Stock market is a place where millions of small traders have given their hard earned money to have some extra financial benefit and it is the responsibility of the concerned body to ensure proper management of the system so that investors' money is saved and secured despite possible loss and gain. There should be no scope to manipulate the system for personal gain and benefits depriving the millions of small investors and if there is, it should be addressed strongly with an iron hand. Anonymous, USA
I am confused now after hearing the comment of Lotus Kamal. The prime minister categorically said that BNP was behind the stock market debacle. This is likely to affect the investigation. Who runs the country now, the prime minister or the opposition leader?.
The blame game is one of the keys of our political parties. When government fails, they pass it on to opposition parties. We have been seeing so for a long time. But people do not want to see such games. Khondkar A Saleque
When a person is the prime minister of an entire nation, she must always remember her position whenever she talks. If she has concrete evidence of the opposition linked with the share market scam, she can always take appropriate actions. There is no point of witch hunting. Why does the prime minister, in her position, have to make political remarks? It is always better to be intelligent than wise. Dr Islam
Our honourable prime minister has blamed the opposition for stock market crisis and price hike of essentials. If it is true, bring those responsible under justice and give them a fair trial to alleviate the untold sufferings of the poor. Being the head of the government, just accusing certain people will not resolve these burning issues. A Bangladeshi from California, USA
It is surprising that the chief of the parliamentary standing committee on finance ministry has to explain the prime minister's opinion on share market fall as political. Kindly give us the difference between political statements, policy statements and blame game. We do not expect any blame game from any political party to divert public attention from the facts. We only expect a premier to speak with authority and factual evidences. Any political statement on such an economic issue will only backfire and that has started. I am not quite sure about the status of the committee's investigation on stock market scandal. Any statement from any quarter would only be a primitive move to undermine the function of the committee. I wonder whether it can be detected beforehand how the manipulations are carried out, who are doing these and what can prevent them from doing so with immediate and long term policies and strategy in place. Share business in Bangladesh is seen as an opportunity to gamble and become rich overnight. I think we need more professional and dependable management in the stock market. Kazi Salim
Does the opposition lawmakers want to reinstate those 'Black Days' of their rule? Wait until the end of this government's tenure. Talking about resignation and mid-term elections are farcical demands. It is not like a lollipop to give and take. All the misdeeds, illegal actions and unauthorised issues created and left by the BNP-Jamaat regimes are being fixed, for which the present government is still having troubles. Go to the parliament, which is the best place to speak against anything and raise voice there. Would you please ask your leader to come to the parliament? Not for 20 minutes for saving memberships but for the entire period of this parliament's sessions. Nasarullah
Under no circumstance is such comment from the honourable prime minister acceptable. She is not only the prime minister of the country but also the leader of a large political party. A minister can speak like this but not the prime minister, from whom we expect more articulate opinions that would create and lead positive impacts instead of hampering the process and prospect. Stock market is a place where millions of small traders have given their hard earned money to have some extra financial benefit and it is the responsibility of the concerned body to ensure proper management of the system so that investors' money is saved and secured despite possible loss and gain. There should be no scope to manipulate the system for personal gain and benefits depriving the millions of small investors and if there is, it should be addressed strongly with an iron hand. Anonymous, USA
I am confused now after hearing the comment of Lotus Kamal. The prime minister categorically said that BNP was behind the stock market debacle. This is likely to affect the investigation. Who runs the country now, the prime minister or the opposition leader?.
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