Political scenario
The political cloud is disappearing, slowly but steadily. One can see some rationale behind the CEC's firm attitude to hold the election on time or quit. He is opening up his mind with new hints and gestures. May be I am totally wrong, but I get the feeling that the election will be held as planned in a different scenario. Major political parties or players might opt not to participate in the election because of the circumstances obtaining around two interned political leaders; or, there might be a split in the party with regard to participation in the election, and deflection of prominent members cannot be ruled out.
The overall impact of the above process, if it happens, will reduce the strength of the two major parties to compete in the election. This will help the small and newly emerged parties, especially the Jamaat and other religion based parties to draw more attention for alliance because of their grassroots strength. It becomes clear if we look at the programme of the Jamaat to boycott classes of the DU for 3 days on PSC quota system. The issue is baseless because there is no evidence in the near past that 30% freedom fighters quota was filled up; on the contrary, the percentage is hardly 7 to 8 and the remaining seats are transferred to the merit quota. The issue is noting but a well thought out ploy for the Jamaat to consolidate their political base among the students and keep their party alive. There is no doubt that they have good and strong external support and local patronage, politically and financially.
My question is where are we going politically?
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