Undoing “misdeeds” ?
I do not find a proper word to describe the situation that has now been created to undo the misdeeds (!) committed during the last seven years. This is taking place from scraping the old names of streets or bridges to reviewing the alleged irregularities in forced retirements, promotions or new appointments in government institutions. Under this programme, the ACC chief who declared a jihad against corruption had to abruptly stop his mission and return to the pavilion. The Honourable President of the country has asked the new ACC Chief not to compromise over the matter of punishing the corrupt against the backdrop of the government's successful withdrawal of 174 politically motivated corruption cases involving the members of the ruling grand coalition.
The politicians are playing this game since the birth of this country. When one party comes to power it directly starts undoing what the other party did without giving any consideration to people's interest. For our politicians, the definition of democracy is “of the party, for the party and by the party”. Probably, this is the reason why the political government undertakes measures only considering the benefits of its supporters and activists while the general mass is let to live with promises and pledges. But the irony is that what the grand alliance government is doing to correct the politically motivated actions of the past government also falls under the same definition. The present government is more interested in and giving too much effort to bringing comforts to its party men than paying attention to crime & lawlessness, chaos in educational institutions, revival of extortion, tender-manipulation, corruption etc. in public life. It is the high time that the government gives a serious look to what it is doing and what it promised to do.
It is beyond doubt that the last CTG brought many changes in national arena that fulfilled the aspirations of the people and it would be anti-national to do away with those.
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