Few points to observe

After reading the letter of Scott Elliott 'Power is their ultimate goal' published in The Daily Star on February 8, 2015, I have to write a few words because the writer seems unaware of many facts prevailing in our country which cannot be compared with India and Sri Lanka.

There was a violent agitation by Awami League and its allies for a caretaker government to conduct the general election and on the face of it, the then BNP government brought the bill in the parliament and passed it. After that a number of elections were held and people accepted those. But suddenly Awami League government abolished it without consulting the opposition, may be they got a hunch that they may be defeated if the election is held under a neutral government.

Mr. Scott Elliott mentioned about the opposition winning the mayoral elections but those cannot be compared with the general election in which power is transferred from one party to another.

We wait five years to cast our votes, but alas! We were deprived of our rights as Awami League came to power in a strange way for which the people are suffering.

Nur Jahan,
Chittagong