The New Nation - Internet Edition

I am thinking that early general election might be one way to solve the economic crises in Bangladesh. My stand is changed based on the following reasons:

1) CTG is weaker now and investment in Bangladesh will not be increased by knowing that CTG might not go forward with many promises and policies. Since distrust has developed between CTG and others political parties, no actual reform will happen in next the 11 months. So it is better that we give early election after completing voter IDs. But I will urge CEC to make reform based on the reality and go forward for the election early.

2) If we wait next 11 months, Bangladesh economy might be devastated since people will think CTG are not elected and they will leave in 11 months and their reform can be over turned by the next elected government FDI will not pour in Bangladesh until investors see an elected government who will have people's mandate and more trust on their policies and implementation process.

3) Now the danger is that do we elect the same corrupted people again? I think CTG should put forward comprehensive policy to bar those corrupted people not to be the part of the election process and do as much as possible. Start a public advertisement to elect honest people in the next election with providing their profile to the general people through TV, media and any others means.

Few of you might thinking, why I am changing my stand and flip flapping now. I believe that people should be moderated based on the reality and for the welfare of the people. Arrogant and stubborn make people blind and which has killed our economy and way of life in Bangladesh for the last 36 years.

I am not favouring any political party in Bangladesh whoever comes to power has be open and work on reduce corruption and develop Bangladesh to provide prosperous life for the 150 million people. If the next elected government is failed their people again, then army will take over with people mandate to run at least 5 years. So everything will have to be spelled out to general people now. I am hoping the next elected Govt will act with rules and people expectation.

Think Bangladesh first , then your party.

M. M. Chowdhury (Mithu)

USA

Comrade Siraj Sikder, President of Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party (PBSP) died in Police custody on January 4, 1975. Siraj Sikder believed in Marxism right from the time he was member of East Pakistan Students Union (Menon Group). But he differed with the party hierarchy of former EPSU over the partyline soon after independence and formed his own organisation, namely, Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party. As it was an underground organisation, people had little time to judge Siraj Sikder's sincerity and honesty. Though at one stage he appeared as a threat to the then ruling party, his end was sad. After his death, Sarbahara Party split into several groups and totally deviated from Marxism.

The story of JSD is almost similar. JSD created sensation all over the country within a very short period of its birth and jolted the then ruling party's foundation. The growing popularity of JSD frightened the then ruling party so much as that assassins killed about 10,000 young JSD workers to crush the left movement. But sadly the death embracers could not know that their own leaders would one day betray with their blood. During this backdrop, Colonel (retired) Taher, one of the central committee members of JSD formed Ganobahini. He, however, paid the price of his wrong politics in 1975. We do not know as yet whether it was independent of JSD or an affiliated wing.

An interesting matter is that the relations between JSD and PBSP were not at all good despite the fact that both the organisations vowed to establish Marxism in the country. However, none of Comrade Siraj Sikder and Colonel Taher knew before their death that Marxism as a doctrine would disappear one day from the world despite many merits in it.

After their departure, we hoped that the researchers would undertake the project of writing books on the rise and fall of PBSP and JSD and the tragic end of the lives of Comrade Siraj Sikder and Colonel Abu Taher. But unfortunately none came forward to paint a real picture in the interest of history of the political scenario of the period between 1972 and 1975..

Rozario

Pabna