Movement for the house!
Remember the immortal lines of Shakespeare? My horse, my horse, the kingdom for my horse! The BNP's stand on Khaleda Zia's residence seems to be similar. There really is no issue. She was allowed to stay on in her husband's temporary residence after he was killed in a military putsch. She is no more helpless. Therefore it is not expected that she stays on in that house and carry on with her political activities.
I remember having written in these columns of your daily before the last elections that creation of a level playing field should start at home. I said that one leader lived in Dhanmondi under public scrutiny for 24 hours. Anyone could monitor her movement or those of the ones who come to her residence, the other was ensconced in her citadel where it was impossible to know what was happening after a certain hour of the night. How can she be allowed to stay on in a temporary home forever and carry on with her political activities from there?
She should come to the people who have elected her and install herself in a house within people's gaze.
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