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BNP hartal a demo of despicable politics: Indian daily
BNP hartal a demo of despicable politics: Indian daily
NEW DELHI, Feb 11 (BSS): An Indian English language daily criticised the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for unleashing violence in Bangladesh by calling a nationwide strike that paralysed Bangladesh Monday that injured at least 83 people.
"It is essentially a demonstration of despicable politics by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-the country's largest opposition party," wrote the Pioneer in an editorial here Friday.
"Desperate to get back to power and bolstered by recent victories in the local elections, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has gone back to her old, vile ways to disrupt functioning of the present government in Bangladesh," it said.
It said, Khaleda's party called for the strike to protest the construction of an international airport at Arial Beel in Munshiganj district-a project that had little support from local residents and earlier, had led to protests-but the same day, after a police officer died in the ensuing clash, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced that the airport would be moved to another location.
"Withdrawing the strike would have been the appropriate response of a responsible Opposition leader but instead Begum Zia chose to go ahead and organise anyway. Though the BNP has claimed that the strike had popular support, in reality most people could not care anymore about Monday's strike than they did about the dozens organised in recent years."
"As always it was merely another occasion for BNP politicians and their followers to take to the streets in a vulgar show of strength and then, just for good measure, clash with the police and set ablaze a few buses to ensure that their activities made it to the front page of national dailies. Indeed, violence and vandalism were the only elements that distinguished the BNP's latest stunt from its previous versions as skirmishes were reported across the country throughout the duration of the dawn-to-dusk hartal" it also said.
The editorial further said, the BNP had legitimised its irresponsible actions by blaming the Awami League-led government for a string of problems that have hit Bangladesh in recent months. These include the fall of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, rising food prices and last year's protests by garment industry workers demanding better wages.
"Yet most of these problems are the result of upheavals in the global economy, a matter beyond the hands of the government of Bangladesh. In other cases, the government has taken steps to redress the grievances of the people-for example; workers' wages have been doubled," it said.
BNP hartal a demo of despicable politics: Indian daily
NEW DELHI, Feb 11 (BSS): An Indian English language daily criticised the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for unleashing violence in Bangladesh by calling a nationwide strike that paralysed Bangladesh Monday that injured at least 83 people.
"It is essentially a demonstration of despicable politics by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-the country's largest opposition party," wrote the Pioneer in an editorial here Friday.
"Desperate to get back to power and bolstered by recent victories in the local elections, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has gone back to her old, vile ways to disrupt functioning of the present government in Bangladesh," it said.
It said, Khaleda's party called for the strike to protest the construction of an international airport at Arial Beel in Munshiganj district-a project that had little support from local residents and earlier, had led to protests-but the same day, after a police officer died in the ensuing clash, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced that the airport would be moved to another location.
"Withdrawing the strike would have been the appropriate response of a responsible Opposition leader but instead Begum Zia chose to go ahead and organise anyway. Though the BNP has claimed that the strike had popular support, in reality most people could not care anymore about Monday's strike than they did about the dozens organised in recent years."
"As always it was merely another occasion for BNP politicians and their followers to take to the streets in a vulgar show of strength and then, just for good measure, clash with the police and set ablaze a few buses to ensure that their activities made it to the front page of national dailies. Indeed, violence and vandalism were the only elements that distinguished the BNP's latest stunt from its previous versions as skirmishes were reported across the country throughout the duration of the dawn-to-dusk hartal" it also said.
The editorial further said, the BNP had legitimised its irresponsible actions by blaming the Awami League-led government for a string of problems that have hit Bangladesh in recent months. These include the fall of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, rising food prices and last year's protests by garment industry workers demanding better wages.
"Yet most of these problems are the result of upheavals in the global economy, a matter beyond the hands of the government of Bangladesh. In other cases, the government has taken steps to redress the grievances of the people-for example; workers' wages have been doubled," it said.
