& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

To the Editor
Letter* for publication in these columns should be addressed to the Editor and legibly written or typed with double space. For reasons of space, short letters are preferred, and all are subject to editing and cuts. Pseudonym* are accepted. However, all communications must bear the writer's real name, signature and address:
Why one must pay for other's fault?
, Sir. Here, when poiiUcal leaders fail to press home their demands, their acUvists resort to wreak havop with the common people's private property. They target those who are meek and innocent (to terrorise or to whip up their aim), but not rivals. They avoid hornet's nest. In such cases, for unknown reason. the authority also remains shy to use deterrent. Often, only a face-saving statement (by saving own skin) Is issued. Thus the populace incur the whole loss directly. Even for those government property damaged, none but the tax-payers bear the brunt. '
So. mostly meek Innocents get the kick in the teeth. Some political activists were seen manhandling baby-
taxi driver and damaging the taxi, in the aftermath of PM's recent address to the nation. Whereas, those drivers or the owners had no responsibilities of what the PM uttered. These victims also had nothing against the protesters. Another example. — few weeks back as police nabbed some irregularly licenced baby taxi drivers, all the other baby taxi drivers teameef up to observe a "peaceful strike" (the only democratic right they learnt from their political purus) and resorted to rampaging private cars indiscriminately. In this, it is seen that nothing is more infectious than an example. I don't know, what ethics led the Bangladesh Bank employees of Chittagong to observe hartal in protest of arrest, of their criminal colleagues (caught red handed in coin stealing).
Similarly, the owners of the cars, those got damaged on 27 January '96. had nothing to do with all that happened in Khulna on that day unless ahyone of the owners were from the confronting parties. Can we then presume that these vile traditions are being nurtured by the. political parties, as they never protested for injustice done to the innocent citizens?
From the above I fail to understand, what kind of democratic norm ft is on this side of the Pacific and the At lantlc! Questions now are lurking in my mind, who had got it painted, the well coined slogan, on the bare back and front of late poor rickshaw puller Noor Hossain, by a professional Kinter, and tracked him till was shot and dead? Who are they, those followed Dr Milon and Khulna's Kamal Hossain till they were shot?
I urge to them, enough is enough! It is also high time for the authority to control the evil forces with all the power and might vested on them. If a state is for the public and the constitution is there to protect each citizen, then why ft is not applied! What is the purpose of nursing those power and might
with tax payers' money?
A R Chaudhry Uttara. Dhaka
'Anirban'
Sir, Recently the 'Anirban' — a programme for the Army, Navy and Air Force personnel on Bangladesh Television has completed its 8th year of transmission. The last programme of Anirban telecast on Jan 27, '96, presented by the Army personnel was very much entertaining. The comperes had quite creditably presented their cultural snow by depicting the real life and duty pattern of the army personnel. The change which has been brought into the programme is appreciable. I hope to watch more such Interesting cultural shows from our compatriots who are shoul dering the sacred responsibility of protecting the independence and sovereignty of our dear motherland
Zahidul Haque Ami Prof BAI. Dhaka
Politics and constitution
Sir. Consequent upon restoration of democracy in Bangladesh are we now marching towards a blissful socio-economic and political life or moving backward to have a bleak and uncertain future?
It appears that some of our political leaders of BNP on the one hand and AL-JI-JP on the other, are more Interested in destroying the rivals of each other than pursuing a people’s welfare oriented policy in the country.
We have fallen into the whirlpool of political crisis. No amount of tirade, accusation and counter-accusation of BNP and Al. .11 JP against each other, hartals strikes and street agitations, unilat eral general elections declaration of emergency can help us get rid of the deter! or at trig political and law and Older situation in the country
In an independent, sovereign and democratic country it is only and only people s votes which can do away with all the political ills of the state
Due to over twenty two months-old political stale-
mate in the country we have no alternative but to hold a free. fair, peaceful, meaningful and credible general election under a neutral caretaker government headed either by Chief Justice of Bangladesh M Afzal or former Acting President Justice Shahaouddin Ahmed.
The claim by certain quar ters that caretaker government is not constitutional is not justified. Our constitution clearly states how we can amend it vide Article 142 of the constitution. Our constitution does not make any re striction on post facto' dr de facto' amendment. In fact the constitution of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh itself is a post facto' constituUon. We passed our constitution on 4th November 1972 but we enforced it w e t 26th March. 1971. the day we proclaimed the independence of our country
OH Kabir
Dhaka 1203