'No' to hartal
It's not far away when the streets are going to be chaotic again to the utter disgust of the city-dwellers. Political weather forecast signals so.
During the tenure of the past caretaker government, the political arena of the country was relatively calm and quiet. Unlike the regimes of the political governments, the tenure of the caretaker administration was bereft of political activities and programmes like street agitation (processions), hartals, siege, blockade etc. The countrymen had the rare opportunity to experience moderate political stability during that period. People could heave a sigh of relief in the absence of agitation.
Hartals were not there which contributed to the curtailment of people's woes and miseries to a considerable extent. It needs no telling that hartals pose a serious threat to normal or smooth functioning of the economy. They essentially inflict a colossal damage to the national economy. The ready made garments sector, for instance, is jolted by shutdowns enforced by the opposition political parties.
But the general people obviously want to rid themselves of any sort of political unrest. So, they seriously want to see an end to all types of street agitation, hartals, siege and blockade programmes etc. They want the political parties to reach a consensus on this issue.
Will their dream ever materialise?
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