Ershad was there for 9 years and virtually made BD a beggar state. He took us to a point where we had to fund 99% of our ADP through external begging. And most of those funds were stolen by his wife, kazi zafar, moudud etc. Besides he used to love flashy project like Sodium light, Zoo, Dhaka-Norht Bengal highways. He even put Sodium lights in Rangpur when entire country had no electricity. He had 40+ minister and most of the development fund went to the village of those criminals.
In the BTV there used to be 10 min for Ershad, 10 Min for Rawshan, 10 min for rest of the ministers in every news. He made a big fuzz when he built a bridge over Meghna in Dhaka-Chittagong road for 100 crore which suppose to last for 100 years. But in 20 years its useless. I can go on for ever.
Though they are dumb the two begums yet they lead two big institution (good or bad but legitimate). The major development started only after we got into democracy in 1991. I still remember Saifur Rahman stunned the country by arranging 44% of the development money from local fund in the very first year budget in 1991. Give those poor ladies some credits. They did not come here out of thin air.