“Public servants making political statements,” (January 21, 2015)

Habib
This is a very timely article. But as always, we will see no righteous action. On the contrary, it's going to be appreciated. We are living in an "all possible" country. Here nothing is right, yet everything is right. No one bothers listening to conscience.

Mithun Ahmed
I thank Dr. Hashmi for making an important point. It was indeed timely. It is one thing to execute the directives of the government and another thing is to make random, brash public and political statements, including the date of the possible elections. It is a shame! It is unheard of in the civilized world. It is time these law-enforcing officials are brought back to order.

Hafeejul Alam
The writer should have rechecked the assigned duties and responsibilities of a public servant in the context of Bangladesh, particularly when the whole country is under the spate of terrorism. No one should forget that the civil servants are under obligations to follow the directives of the ruling government. This is even more applicable for the law-enforcing agencies, as they are supposed to protect the lives and property of the people in the face of rampant terrorist activities. In the process, they may need to motivate people and seek co-operation from them and these should not be considered as something political.

Taj Hashmi
Sorry, I can't agree with you that public servants are there to "motivate people". Only teachers, politicians, intellectuals and others may motivate people, while public servants are public servants, their only duty is to serve the people. They have absolutely no role to motivate anybody but only themselves so that they remain honest and dutiful.