Politics of 'merger' and 'acquisition'

'Merger' and 'acquisition' are two words that have become very popular in the global business. The term 'merger' means when two similar business companies agree to work together for mutual benefits, while 'acquisition' means when a larger and cash-rich company purchases a smaller and potential company for their own mutual benefits.
We can see the same thing in case of our politics when several small parties like Jatiya Samajtantric Dal, Workers Party, Jatiya Party(Monju), etc., merged with Awami League. Besides, when negotiation failed between the Jatiya Party (Ershad) and Awami League, just before the 10th parliamentary election, the Awami League acquired Jatiya Party by purchasing its big shareholders' share namely Rowshan Ershad, Ruhul Amin Hawlader, Anisul Islam Mahmud, Kazi Farook Rashid, for their common benefits.
We know in business large and powerful companies always grab small and potential companies for enhancing their power and dominance in the market. I am very much worried that in near future there might be only one large political party in the country, because politics means business here.
Tanim Iqbal
Mohammadpur
Dhaka