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“Why hartal not withdrawn?” published on October 27, 2013
Mahboob Hossain Continuation of hartal will be a blunder and this single wrong decision may be the reason for BNP's defeat in the next general election. Spiderman Between these two main political parties there is little difference. Unfortunately, people of this country have to choose between the devil and the deep sea. SM It takes just an announcement to cancel hartal. S. M. Iftekhar Ahmed Thanks to its ineptness, the government was on shaky grounds. However, BNP is no better due to their past record of corruption and its proximity to extremist organisations like Jamaat-Shibir. Now that they have not withdrawn the shutdown, it might hurt them. Even if the polls are held under a neutral government, whom can the BNP blame if they still end up losing? Alekanda This is the time for us to pass a bill against hartal to save and protect ourselves from evil politicians. Abbasuddin The pre-planned anarchy by Jamaat-Shibir could not be completed if the hartals were withdrawn. Khan The sole responsibility lies on Hasina. What is wrong about establishing a caretaker government? It is very logical. Does she want to manipulate the election and keep things in her hand? If AL manipulates the election, it will be a start of new dark age in Bangladesh. MistiKotha BNP is making it difficult for AL to smuggle all the looted money perhaps! Shahin Huq The call came after so much dillydallying by PM Sheikh Hasina. Khaleda should be well-guarded and careful. She should not put herself in any trap. Sheikh Hasina should show more sincerity to convince the nation that she has really changed her attitude.