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To the Editor...
I ^aw and order
Sir, The law and order situation of the country has precipitously deteriorated In the recent days, endangering the life and property of the people. Newspapers are filled wllh the news of mugging, hijacking, robbery, killings etc. So that disorder appears to be the order of the day.
The most shocking dimension of this state of affairs has been the role of the law enforcing agencies. It Is very often alleged that they are less committed to their duties. Even In some of the cases their alleged underhand maneuvering also can not be ruled out to rigorously analyze these events. Shame on this high-sounding rhetoric of democracy. wordy commitments of the democrats. A society to live with security of life and prop-
erly is the innate desire of all, but even after the formal institution of democracy, this remains to be a "golden deer", out of reach of the people.
That the society Is vitiated by a handful of vile elements is more or less known to al). Specially, the law-enforcing agencies are very well aware of those, but for one season or another, they arc cither unable or unwilling lo bring them to task. In a truly democratic polity, the law enforcing agencies play an Independent role as do the other agencies and organs of the government. Yet ours is a polity, where this still eludes us.
Wllh the tempestuous unfolding of recent events amounting to the attempt on the life of a prominent parliamentarian Rashed Khan Menon, the home minister no
longer enjoys wishes of the masses for his long tenure. A sceptic can brush It aside as no measure to improve the law and order situation, but one should remember that this could at least strike at the very heart of the people Impressing the government’s trust sincerity to Improve the law and order situation even if the measure went against the interests of IL
Plots arc evils when conducted In a truly underhand manner but these bring disaster when condoned by the sections supposedly to resist them. All concerned to this unhealthy situation have some roles to play to make It healthy, specially, some sections enjoy more authorities to do so. Since no use is better than abuse, so the above step is called for, giving a boost to
democratic political culture, thus allowing some others to make efforts to improve the deteriorating situations.
Md. Abdur liouf
Sergeant Zahurul Haque Hall. DU
What a revelation!
Sir, The versatile Information Minister Barrister Nazmul Huda appears v^ry keen to be in the limelight — no matter whether on point or out of it. Harping on debatable Issues appears to have been his favourite pastime. In recent days when the Jatlya Sangsad was In session, he sparked off quite a furore by his emotionally charged remarks pointed towards opposition benches. Nevertheless, his over-enthusiastic wordy duel did not spare his cabinet colleagues
from unwholesome embarrassment. It was, however, the timely intervention of the Speaker that neutralized the commotion.
Outside the sacred arena of the Jatlya Sangsad too he maintains to adulate his listeners In meetings. The other day addressing a BNP-sponsored public meeting, he dug out again an old but ostensibly settled Issue claiming two queer things in one breath. Unlike his fellow parlymen. he attributed the dubious glory of proclaiming independence on March 26. 1971. to Zfaur Rahman from the makeshift Radio Station at Kalurghat, Chittagong. Mr Belal Moham-.mad, one of the main architects behind Installing the temporary Radio Station — a direct witness, told us recently fn his dispatch to a vernacular daily that Maj Zia read out a
declaration on March 27, 1971 evening "on behalf of our President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who is with us". The minister's untenable claim, unknowingly abnegates his leader's Image being drawn Into such an untrue episode.
The Hon'ble minister had made another funny observation that Sheikh Mujlb did not declare independence in his historic March 7 (1971) speech in the then Race Course (now Suhrawardy Ud-dyan). It seems that Barrister Huda would have liked to attribute the immortal part of Mujlb's speech: " the struggle this time ts the struggle for liberty, the struggle this time is the struggle for freedom," to someone else In his eerie attempt. It ts Indeed ridiculous.
Azam Khan
Shanttnagar, Dhaka