Khaleda's stand
On 12 August, most of the newspapers carried the report, as if it were the most important news, "Khaleda is unmoved" to enlist her name as a voter. We know Begum Khaleda Zia is an important person and anything she says or does is news. That is acceptable and people are eager to listen to what she says as she is a former prime minister and chief of a major political party.
To be a voter or not to be a voter is a personal matter of an individual.
But as a citizen of this country she has a responsibility to the state and she must enlist her name as a voter because she is an adult and she was the prime minister of the country.
However, it is not understood why she doesn't want to be a voter. Is it because she is not happy with her present position or she wants to make an issue out of nothing, or does she want to create pressure on the present government?
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