Foreign agency instigates political conflict
RAW had used a certain political party and their like-minded organisations to create anarchy in the country
Saturday August 16 2008 11:29:16 AM BDT
Rafiqul Islam Azad
The New Nation
The Indian intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), is allegedly trying to control the political arena of Bangladesh to implement its own agenda, according to highly placed sources.
To this end, the RAW is resorting to tactics of creating an uncongenial atmosphere among the political parties and provocation for violence in disguise of well-wishers of a certain political party in the name of Indian secular policy.
If their interests are not protected it provides assistance to counter force to assault the certain political quarters. The RAW is playing the game from the very inception of the country.
The RAW is playing active role in creating political divisions and provocation of violence for which democracy could not take shape in the country that started following the mass upsurge in 1990.
Three free, fair and neutral elections were held after the introduction of the caretaker government system to conduct the national polls after the 90's mass upsurge. Two major political parties-BNP and Awami League-formed three successive governments. But various destructive programmes, like hartal, siege and setting ablaze, were conducted during each of the governments. The RAW was the masterminds behind of all the incidents.
These led to increase in doubts, lack of confidence and jealousy among the political parties. Resulting in the closure of all the doors for political understanding.
The RAW had used a certain political party and their like-minded organisations to create anarchy in the country after the taking of office by the BNP in 1991. It funded the creation of Ekkatorer Ghatok Dalal Nirmul Committee to create division in political arena and violence in the name of implementation of spirit of the war of liberation.
After taking power by the Awami League in 1996, the RAW also tried to get transit and using Chittagong port by using that political party but could not be successful due to massive opposition from the people of the country.
Later on, the Indian intelligence agency got involved in raising militancy and heinous activities. It also continues to create division among the region-based political parties.
In one hand, it goaded its agents to issue anti-Islamic statements to provoke the Islamic political parties to take to the streets. On the other hand, it carried out publicity about rising fundamentalism in the country.
The RAW also provoked action against some Islamic political parties and madrashas.
After 2001, the RAW resumed their activities in full swing and maintained close relation with a certain political party. It tried to make Parliament ineffective and carried out propaganda that the government has relation with the militants. This time it sued some newspapers, political parties and Indian media.
During the fag end of the four-party alliance government it became successful to subvert the dialogue process on reforms of the caretaker government by using some people of both the major parties.
The main objective of RAW was to prove Bangladesh an ineffective and failed state. It wanted to create a prolonged political impasse in the country, but was frustrated following the measures taken by the army-baked caretaker government.
The RAW has already carried out a number of activities, including giving shelter to Bangladeshi terrorists and corrupt people. The Indian foreign minister suggested launching movement to free Sheikh Hasina from jail that led to students' movement in Dhaka University.
The Indian inelegance agency is now playing an active role to foil the process of bringing political reform taken by the government. It is providing money to provoke both the major parties to take a hard-line against the government initiative to keep the door open for political parties to shun the politics of division and violence.
The RAW is carrying out its activities to plunge the country into an unstable condition. Particularly, it is trying to pit religious-minded people against the government by hurting their religious feelings.
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