THE largest two political parties, which ruled the country alternatively for the last 15 years, gave us the hardest shock with their chronic confrontational politics. Much of the corruption they have reportedly done individually might have been resorted to, for raising funds for financing the hiring of musclemen to confront goons of the opposite party on the streets. Some defecting leaders of those two major parties are now reportedly assembling a new party to act as the third force. The emerging new party may be as shaky as a car assembled with the doubtful components of two old cars or it may be even worse. There is a chance that it may be relatively better only if the selection process for raising the party discards the known bad elements.
Even if the old two major parties become weak due to the apparent defections and the new changes in the emergent political environment, they may not abandon their old habit of confronting their political opponents. If the new party happens to subsequently become, on resumption of open polities, their individual or combined target for a muscular opposition, it may also need to hire goons. How will it have funds to respond to this need? Will it be gathered again through extortions or corruption?
The political concert called democracy seems to be a funny game. In it tradition, which takes time to wane, plays a major role. How to part with the old culture of political confrontation in the days ahead is the moot question.
A citizen
Uttara, Dhaka.
Funny concert
FE Team | Published: June 18, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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