Readers Respond
Here are some comments that came in response to Sunday's The Daily Star report headlined “Country now like a derailed train”
Anonymous
The train is derailed because it is driven by the PM and her party AL both being interested only in staying in power. It is power and not principles that are the fuel of the train and the driver uses different tracks as per necessity of pleasing different groups to 'keep the throne'. Roni
The fact is that people have no opportunity to say anything neither in election nor in amendment passage about religion's mention in the constitution. So, please don't say that people elected AL to remove state religion as it was not even in the election manifesto. Significant changes like constitution must have national consensus or referendum for its legitimating. Faqrul
This is a well-respected group of individual who should sincerely try to bring the opposition and the government for a dialogue until a compromise formula is reached to save the country which is left in the hand of the fanatics and ultra- religious group who are trying to take control of the power unconstitutionally. The supporting forces are waiting to support them to achieve their only objective: to remove the present government from power. Mohammed Shah Alam Khan
The problem of our intellectuals is, they believe that whatever they think is the reflection of people and good for them , which is not true. Zillur Rahman said that they all gave opinion but the government did not take that. Why the government will take their decision? Did the government take mandate from the people that they will take out Bismillah and Islam as state religion from constitution? Anonymous
The people who are talking about Bangladesh as derailed train are the people who were the strongest supporters of Awami League. They should have known that Awami League was never a democratic minded party as it tried to introduce one party system. It says that it believes in socialism but most of its members are wealthy. We must remember what happened to the state owned enterprises at the beginning of the Awami League government. They were looted by the people who were put in charge of those enterprises. A. Zakaria
Late Tajuddin Ahmad was a great leader. He was far sighted and a dynamic leader. The nation remained deprived of his contributions. This is our misfortune. It was an irony that he had to pay such a heavy price though he was the true son of the soil. His untimely death was a great blow to the nation. I also fail to understand why our eminent citizens are allergic to Bismillah and Islam as a state religion. They express their bitterness. After all Bangladesh is a Muslim state. Accepting this in our constitution made no difference and created no hazard for the country.
The train is derailed because it is driven by the PM and her party AL both being interested only in staying in power. It is power and not principles that are the fuel of the train and the driver uses different tracks as per necessity of pleasing different groups to 'keep the throne'. Roni
The fact is that people have no opportunity to say anything neither in election nor in amendment passage about religion's mention in the constitution. So, please don't say that people elected AL to remove state religion as it was not even in the election manifesto. Significant changes like constitution must have national consensus or referendum for its legitimating. Faqrul
This is a well-respected group of individual who should sincerely try to bring the opposition and the government for a dialogue until a compromise formula is reached to save the country which is left in the hand of the fanatics and ultra- religious group who are trying to take control of the power unconstitutionally. The supporting forces are waiting to support them to achieve their only objective: to remove the present government from power. Mohammed Shah Alam Khan
The problem of our intellectuals is, they believe that whatever they think is the reflection of people and good for them , which is not true. Zillur Rahman said that they all gave opinion but the government did not take that. Why the government will take their decision? Did the government take mandate from the people that they will take out Bismillah and Islam as state religion from constitution? Anonymous
The people who are talking about Bangladesh as derailed train are the people who were the strongest supporters of Awami League. They should have known that Awami League was never a democratic minded party as it tried to introduce one party system. It says that it believes in socialism but most of its members are wealthy. We must remember what happened to the state owned enterprises at the beginning of the Awami League government. They were looted by the people who were put in charge of those enterprises. A. Zakaria
Late Tajuddin Ahmad was a great leader. He was far sighted and a dynamic leader. The nation remained deprived of his contributions. This is our misfortune. It was an irony that he had to pay such a heavy price though he was the true son of the soil. His untimely death was a great blow to the nation. I also fail to understand why our eminent citizens are allergic to Bismillah and Islam as a state religion. They express their bitterness. After all Bangladesh is a Muslim state. Accepting this in our constitution made no difference and created no hazard for the country.
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