Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed,
I found some issues with you article in jaijaidin. You mentioned
that during the past 15 years of democratic rule, Bangladesh moved
FAR AHEAD of India in all the human development indexes. I don't
know which source you have used in your article. But the source in
the following link tells a different story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_In
dex
[This is a list of countries by Human Development Index as included
in the United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report
2007/2008, compiled on the basis of 2005 data and published on
November 27, 2007. It covers 175 U.N. member countries (out of 192).]
It shows India's HDI is 0.619, Pakistan's 0.551, and Bangladesh's
0.547. Truly, only country is Indian subcontinent that is in a
superior position is Sri Lanka with HDI of 0.743.
You have ignored a very important factor while giving credits to the
past democratically elected governments, which is corruption.
Corruption eats up the whole development process. So in this
context, you should have mentioned how corrupt Bangladesh was and it
still is. Bangladesh is a straight five times champion in corruption
which is a world record. Bangladesh is still placed towards the
bottom at 162, Pakistan 138, and India 72.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index
Yes, the news of stealing of 20,000 crores taka from the power sector
alone might be an exaggeration, but the figure of 6,000 crores (which
is still huge) is widely accepted. Even Khaleda's own state minister
for power, Anwarul Kabir Talukder, mentioned the same figure while
disclosing pervasive corruption (hari-lut) of power sector before
1/11. When Army chief mentioned 20,000 crores in one of his speeches
after 1/11, the then-adviser of that sector Tapan Chowdhury corrected
it to be 6,000 crores.
Every former Bangladeshi government was corrupt, but the last five-
year rule of BNP-Jama'at was record breaker in every sector. The
grand scale corruption, looting, and rampant politicization of every
sector with political murders, violence, nepotism and favoritism
based exclusively on party loyalties brought the whole country to its
knees. Here is one such recent example (probably a drop in the
ocean):
http://bhorerkagoj.net/online/news.php?id=35853&sys=3
EC under Aziz-Mahfuz-Zakaria clowns, 12 to 15 million fake voters,
appointing exclusively party members and supporters as Upzila
Election Commissioners, Dab under Zahid, PSC under Tahmida and
Mahfuz, horror stories of nearly bankrupt Biman, dudok under Sultan
Hossain Khan, distortion of history, travesty of justice we witnessed
of all terrorist bombing and political murder cases are just endless
nightmares. And you are writing fairy tales! To me to some extent,
1/11 means no more killing of the opposition MPs, and no more grenade
attacks at opposition rallies. I can live with that.
Another point is in some parts of the Muslim world, the people are
choosing the lesser of the evils. You don't like Karzai, what other
options do you have? The half savage Talibans? Iraq is not much
exception. Genuine democracy over there will always elect a Shiite
(with 60% Shiite majority) who will want to persecute the Sunnis the
way Sunnis did to the Shiites for centuries. The Shiite memory of
that persecution is very fresh and it will remain such for a long
time. If we cannot take care of our own problems humanely, then the
puppets will come to rule us. And it is decided by the Almighty.
The current CTG may not be perfect, but they are doing a lot of good
things. The most sinister mind of Bangladeshi politics, Moudud the
political prostitute, is behind bar. That itself is a remarkable
achievement. They at least showed good intentions on war crime
trials, but I am also aware of evil pressures from some of the
corrupt and repressive but rich Muslim countries who played very
glorious roles during our 71 liberation war.
Lastly, compare our billionaires (if there are any) with that of
India's - how ours gather(ed) wealth vs. theirs.
India has 4 dollar billionaires - Feb 27, 2004:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3494308.stm
India has 36 dollar billionaires - March 9, 2007:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6433367.stm
India has 54 dollar billionaires - Nov 15, 2007:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7097043.stm
The Indian chromosome - by Dr Farrukh Saleem, an Islamabad-based
columnist:
http://www.thenews.com.pk/editorial_detail.asp?id=85171
Regards-
Mohammad Musa Sarkar
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Imtiaz Ahmed <imtiaz_ahmedbd@...>
wrote:
>
> Dear Members,
>
> A picture of our Chief Advisor along with Karzai and Mosharraf has
been published in almost all national dailies. Does it have any
significance? Has it anything to do with the failures of the CTG?
Please read my article in JaiJaiDin which tries to answer these
questions.
>
> http://www.jaijaidin.com/details.php?nid=55271
>
>
> Regards.
>
> Imtiaz
>
>
>
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