<i>Post-election scenario</i>
What is going to be the roadmap in Dhaka after the fair and free general elections scheduled at the end of this year? New teams (after screening by the voters ) would be running the new regime with a new motto: country first, not the party). But coming down to working at the routine level would take a long time-after the political tsunami in Dhaka: and the 'meddling' by the CTG, ACC. It is like a family shifting into a new location (town, house, or flat). In Bangladesh, we never get the time to announce 'everything operating normally': even after three decades of devoted practice. We have to relearn operation/management and maintenance (O&M). The leaders announce 'popular' projects, and then dump it on the bureaucrats. They keep quiet about the backdoor activities: political angling and nibbling. Today the citizens have noted the lack of confession by the past political masters. There is only one monotonous theme: quick elections (for our daal-bhaat). After the regime is saddled into power, there would be many orientation and tutorial courses for the old and the new entrants. Then comes teamwork (coordination). Other factors: the continuity of the ongoing projects (never worked with the preceding regimes); and the public relations image. The internal house cleaning chores would take up a lot of man-hours. That is the internal environment. External forces would continue to exert pressures at sensitive points--the hidden presence of black wealth--the backlash effect by those who were deprived recently of unhealthy gains, as in the preceding years. Add the secret schemes of powerful foreign cartels who now find South Asia worthy of investment and long-term settlement. Bangladeshis are being severely tested for truant behaviour in the past. We have a bigger homework: ditch the subjective mind, and be honest. The have-not mentality is tenacious (anywhere in the world). In this area, it is difficult to find the right type of dedicated leaders who are allowed to lead. The autocracy of the evil mind continues. Therefore it is not surprising to find that visa was issued to religious militants to act as sweepers of morality. Beware of vacuums created by the past regimes. Air would rush into normalise the pressures (study lightning). Are we lazy guys? Then how to attract money?
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