Letters to the Editor

Primitive mindset of politicians

Nusrat Naznin, Rajshahi University
Recently Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that her government will not move an inch from the constitution and the election will be held under the AL-led government as scores of elections have been held free and fair by her administration. This is nothing but repetition of the words uttered by the then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia exactly 17 years back. What an irony! For the sake of argument, suppose the election takes place smoothly and BNP-led alliance win the race and rule the country another 5 years. Will the AL participate in the next election under BNP government? The answer will be obviously in the negative. None of the two major political parties has confidence in the people and the country as a whole. We, the common masses, want non-party caretaker government system until the political parties change their parochial medieval mindset.