Our political culture
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The most common dialogue of our political leaders is that whatever they do, they do it for the interest of the people. We know that they seldom mean it. The question is -- how long will this go on? They call for hartal every now and then for selfish interest. They are not worried that we suffer. The two major political parties are no different from each other in this respect. Now it is the time for the BNP to call hartal. The sufferings of the homebound people during Eid were beyond description. Moreover, no one is concerned about the loss to the country when everything stops during hartal, as well as to the individuals when private properties like cars are targeted. Our political culture should change and programmes like hartal should be eradicated from the country forever Out of the many countries in Asia, Japan can be an excellent example which became a leading power, brought out from a war-damaged infrastructure and economy by its prudent leadership. The nature of the two political parties is well understood by the people. But we do have leaders who can lead the country to a better direction. A change in leadership is necessary to cope with this dynamic and challenging world. While I am writing this piece, a great icon of democracy, Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, was released finally. So, why should we become hopeless?
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