BDR carnage
The entire episode was eye-opening. Stark was the absence of a national crisis management mechanism designed to swing into action. The prime minister's meeting with mutineers to settle issues 'politically' was in itself a breach of security protocol. Equally absurd was professionally ill-equipped Home Minister Sahara Khatoon and State Minister Jahangir Nanak's role as negotiators.
The argument that they displayed much maturity by not striking at the mutineers, ostensibly to save the country from civil war, is ridiculous!
As for the government, the handling of BDR incidents, explained whichever fashion, was a scar in its image. Consequently, it needs to read the larger picture of the increasing public disillusionment.
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