Six months of AL rule
In the backdrop of an uneasy two-year rule of caretaker government and subsequent landslide victory, the AL has passed its first six months in power. So far there is no major failing in any sector but we can't say that they could initiate the jump start people expected. The whole administration is in sluggish hibernation and inept ministers failed to tune up the left over government machinery of the BNP-Jamaat regime. The situation is comparable to the post liberation days. The BCL and field level AL leaders are running for petty cash in local tender and toll collections in the absence of organisational control. The BNP-Jamaat installed/owned electronic and print media are magnifying the shortcomings while microphone loving ministers and leaders are making immature and unnecessary comments inviting controversies. Anybody is talking about anything at anytime.
People have great expectation from this government. So far the image of the government is good, at least much better than the previous government's. Sheikh Hasina appears determined to implement her election pledges. It is the ministries and the officials that are failing. Their performance needs careful scrutiny and the party should be reorganised. Time has come to act.
Failure of the AL-led government will bring disaster.
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