Jan 5 looks to bring back stormy politics

The country is likely to see stormy politics again with the beginning of the New Year as both the ruling and major opposition parties are preparing to mark the first anniversary of the much-talked-about 10th parliamentary polls on January 5 with programmes and counter-programmes.
The ruling Awami League has announced to observe the January 5 as the ‘Victory Day of Democracy’ while the BNP-led 20-party a ‘Black Day or Democracy Killing Day’, triggering an apprehension of a possible face-off between the ruling and opposition parties, according to a news agency.
The Awami League-led ruling coalition thinks it has protected democracy and ensured the continuation of democratic process through the January-5 election foiling plots by the local and international vested quarters and the architects of the 1/11 of 2007.
On the other hand, BNP and its alliance partners blame the ruling quarter for annihilating democracy by holding a ‘voter-less and lopsided election which did neither get the acceptance of the country’s people nor of the democratic world’.