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The fear that Bangladesh might turn back to the 1/11 era is suddenly back in people's minds. The leading political parties hardly seem to realise why we are no longer a democratic nation, why all the big heads of our so-called democratic politics are behind the bars. They are opposing the local election for obvious reason: it would hamper their way to establishing illegal power at the grassroots level which plays a very vital role in determining the results of our national elections. The reason might be clear to us but it seems that even intellectuals, like university teachers, fail to understand why the present govt wants to hold local elections first. It would be utterly frustrating if you can't use the opportunity to reform our politics. Let us be true to ourselves: do we really want to go ahead or are we happy to go back to that era where democracy was just a puppet in the hands of some dishonest, uneducated politicians?
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