Khaleda's swipe against advisers

She drew a strange analogy between serving bureaucrats meeting at Mahmudur Rahman's business office and the two advisers meeting the AL leader, saying: "When advisers can secretly meet the leader of the opposition, what's wring in bureaucrats meeting?" As a former prime minister, instead of discouraging secret activities of bureaucrats, she seems to endorse it. We recall that the two advisers met Sheikh Hasina, not on their own, mind you, but having been clearly sent by President Iajuddin as his emissaries to the AL chief.

The president by not making it public that the advisers went to meet Sheikh Hasina at his initiative, stood on the wrong side of the truth, even if unwittingly, so we would like to think.

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As for the adviser's talking to the journalists as frequently as they did, they not only served the people's right to know but also brought to bear the pressure of transparency and urgency on the emergent issues of vital importance. It was a great service to recount, but they have only begun their job.

The sheer anger and utter illogic with which the former prime minister took an exception to the advisers' role seem to suggest that she is unhappy with them for not doing her bidding as she otherwise perhaps finds done by the chief adviser.