Negativist civil society
The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has complained against some members of the civil society. To some extent I support her. The members of this group are intellectuals, former high ranking officials, veteran politicians, retired army officers, economists, philosophers, professors, eminent lawyers and so on. They are of course respectable persons of society. But they hold certain political beliefs and so they are not fully neutral. About a month ago, I wrote a letter in the DS titled "All are not wrong." Many of the civil society members do not see any positive side of the government actions. They find everything wrong. They never give any hope to the citizens, they only spread frustration among people. Every government has some successes and failures, but the civil society members only see the failures. Instead of giving people hope, they confuse them. Most people expect them to be neutral.
The national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports is trying to save our natural resources, but can't they see that if we do not dig up our resources, our neighbours, who are digging their wells near our border, will take away all our resources? Is it not their responsibility to give us the right direction in saving our natural resources?
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