It's all about blockade

1. Was the blockade necessary?

2. Who was to blame?

Looking separately into these two questions, one may find two answers and there is a good chance that they may not be the right one. However, I must say that these questions are interrelated and while answering these we have to keep that in mind. I would like to add one further question and may be the most important one --

is the caretaker government (in reality, the chief adviser) doing its duty impartially? If the answer is negative still there is a chance that one may argue, we should give them a little more time, then my question is how much more? Has the chief adviser (please be cautious, not the advisory council) shown an iota of impartiality so far? Almost a month has gone by, if not something significant has been gained so far, what more you can expect in less than 50 days?

Now lets look at the problem from another angle. Let's say, there was, is and will be no blockade. What would happen then? The thing is, without the blockade, Aziz would still be here, and there would not be any talk of reconstituting the EC. The caretaker government has already given the impression that it will only listen if a blockade is enforced. The election schedule has been announced. Two utterly disputed persons have been appointed as election commissioners and as observed so far except BNP-Jamaat, no party will join the election if held under them. The advisory council is completely helpless and nothing is coming out of anywhere. Still no blockade and there will be an election. Besides, if the other political parties join it, there is every possibility of election engineering. What will happen then? After the election is over and once they have the result, you cannot support blockade then because the popular saying will be "let's give them five more years, its democratic" and like that. So...

what is the result?

You cannot accept a political deadlock a few months later if you deny excepting it now. There is no point in passing three months peacefully while being afraid of a hell after the election is over.

I liked one comment made by adviser Akbar Ali Khan, "The nation loses more money due to political instability than it does due to corruption". There is no point in just pushing for economic growth where your political structure is declining. Without ensuring a strong, effective and acceptable political structure, you can never sustain the economic growth.

If you ask me, who is to blame for this current scenario I must say it's Chief Adviser Professor Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed. Just look at the newspapers and you will see why. The advisory council is again showing its discomfort but it does not look like that the chief adviser is feeling the heat.

I have my MSS exam to attend and I know I am falling behind but I am sorry, I have to support this blockade programme!