| A complete assessment of BDR-Army Fighting, it's root cause and how to prevent it in future: Dear All, I am concern and uneasy to see the current BDR revolt which took many innocent lives in Bangladesh. I do appreciate AL Govt including Minister Shahara for her candid and sincere work to resolve this standoff. But I believe that Current Govt forgot the root cause why it happened and need soul searching so this kind of things do not happen anymore in Bangladesh. This should be a lesson learned for BNP too. Damage to Future: 1) Even this looks sporadic incident but this will carry heavy burden to Bangladesh years to come. International community will think Bangladesh like a Congo or Somali even though we have a "Title of Democratic Govt". This will create a panic to future foreign investment in Bangladesh and international communities. 2) There might be a future uneasiness between BDR and Army which is a recipe for future disaster. There will be a physiological war between two powerful forces in Bangladesh regardless which Govt in power ( AL or BNP). 3) If a conspirator wants to create a problem in Bangladesh, that conspirator will try to create uneasiness between BDR and Army to divide the country which is a recipe for civil war. Look at Congo and other African Countries. Root Cause of BDR Revolt: 1) Unequal pay and benefit based on ranks in BRD and Army. 2) Unequal distribution of corrupt money between BDR and Army. 3) Final and most important cause is empowering party (AL or BNP) in BDR and Army. Lets use our common sense. Why did BDR revolt now? Why did not happen in the last 2 years? A group of BDR who are supporter of AL Party thought that their Govt is in power and they should get whatever they want. Party empowerment in every sector is the biggest cause of problem in Bangladesh. Look at the situation in Bangladesh, why so many thugs on the streets and law and order is not controlled by AL Govt. Since AL supporter and its members got free hand to do anything they want and nobody is capable to stop them except AL Govt. Look at Universities, why are there so much fighting? Becasue those trouble makers are empowered by AL Govt since they are in power. This applies to BNP too when they were in power. That's why I have asked AL and BNP to dissolve student politics for sake of the country and put law and order in place. Even I know PM Hasina started student politics and came to power multiple times, but this is not the end of life. If you can not remove the Cancer, just giving medicine won't help, it will come back and forth. I urge PM Hasina to dissolve all student politics and stop empowering its people in every Govt sectors. How to solve BDR Revolt: 1. Establish a gap analysis on BDR pay and benefit. Get a report, develop a corrective action and implement immediately. 2. Stop empowering AL people in BDR and Army 3. Dissolve student politics now. If you do good this tenure, people will vote you to power again, not those corrupt student politics. 4. BNP should do the same to help AL Govt by dissolving their student politics at Colleges and Universities. 5. Power is good but if we see continue unrest in Bangladesh, your power doesn't mean anything to general people and even yourself. 6. Maybe separate BDR and Army unit and bring under PM observation if possible with current situation. 7. AL Govt needs to reshuffle Minsters to get better benefit for future. Few Minsiters are good and few are just creating problem for Bangladesh to international stage. At last, I, as part of CBD urging a peaceful resolution for BDR revolt for the short term and long term. Please put tools in place, so future crises can be avoided in Bangladesh. Again thanks AL Govt for their candid and sincere hard work to resolve this standoff. God Bless Bangladesh. Regards, M M Chowdhury (Mithu), USA Director, Poltical and Economical Development in Bangladesh Change Bangladesh Organization (CBD), USA |