Peaceful agitation?

I was a little bit surprised at the news analysis titled, “Street agitation with a difference,” (TDS, September 15, 2015). How can it be called a peaceful demonstration when thousands of people in Dhaka and other cities suffered immensely on the streets because of this agitation? Have you not seen in the newspapers the photo of an 80-year-old woman who had been stranded in traffic jam for six long hours? Have you not read the news of an old man (suffering from cancer and is on chemotherapy) who had to walk all the way home due to their “peaceful agitation”? There are thousands of such stories.

Instead of holding this type of “peaceful agitation,” the students could have laid siege to the residence/office of the finance minister to get their demands fulfilled.

Ataur Rahman Elias

Texas, USA