BNP needs to show restraint
A dyed in the wool votary of BNP, Nur Jahan from Chittagong wrote the other day that the government must show restraint in dealing with the opposition. Yes, we did not support the government's action of barging into BNP's central office, ransacking it and detaining its leaders. But the activists of BNP in a dead hurry went berserk and that inspired the police to go into action as we viewed on different TV channels. They set the vehicles on fire and threw brick chips at the police. Ten cocktails found in the BNP's central office made us believe the old saying: “There is no smoke without fire.”
Nur Jahan however finds no fault with the havoc the Jamaat-Shibir, the main ally of BNP, is causing across the country that led to the gruesome death of a few policemen at their hands and the destruction of houses and properties of a good number of minority community, the Hindus, including their temples at some places. What is more perturbing is the statements Khaleda Zia have been giving for the last few days, apparently to stoke up anarchy. She brazenly called the vibrant youths of Gonojagoron Moncho "atheists".
According to veteran columnist Brig. (retd.) M Abdul Hafiz, “Some religious rogues have declared war against us, but ultimately they will get defeated” (Samakal, 16 March). Khaleda Zia had better restrain.
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