[ALOCHONA] Whose house is this?

For any outsider it's hard to know what really the issue behind begum Zia's eviction from the cantonment house where she had been living for a long time. If this house is a government property Begum Zia needed to vacate it if the government desired so. In this case government should provide a reasonable accommodation to a former prime minister and now the leader of the opposition. It's generally understood that this cantonment house was given to General Zia when he was the chief of the armed forces and continue staying there when he grabbed power in a military coup. He remained there because he wanted to watch his adversaries in the cantonment. After his assassination when his wife became the prime minister she also preferred to remain there for reasons best known to her. This is nothing surprising that military rulers prefer to be in the barracks for understandable reasons. But why Begum Zia opted to be in the barracks being a head of a civilian prime minister is also not much difficult to understand. It's unfortunate when civilian politicians do not feel secure among the civilians.

The content of transparency was never enough in Bangladeshi politics to run a democratic administration. Politicians never felt secured in their positions which made them to seek help from the undemocratic forces. This lack of confidence never allowed the spirit of democracy to take root in the country which led to corruption and conspiracies. To any neutral observer Begum Zia's claim that she is now a homeless person does not make much sense at this time. This cantonment house where she and her deceased husband lived for such a long time never belonged to them. It was an official residence and its occupation was valid as long as they held office.



On the other hand the government should have taken a disciplined and proper legal approach to make it clear  to her that this house need to be vacated by a certain date rather than making it a messy affaire tainted with dirty politics and scare mongering theories.  The involvement of ISPR should have been discreet and disciplined like all other army matters. This would have made it clear to everyone that a proper legal procedure has been used. The BNP has made it a political issue and for their leaders eviction they are ready choose the path of anarchy. From behind the screen there are people who want to drag the armed forces into the debate to destabilize the nation by sensing the dissidents among the ranks and files of the armed forces.


This is a nasty conspiratorial politics which does not serve greater interests of the nation.  This again proves that the politicians basically do not believe in the strength of democracy for which they give lip service only.  They are yet to learn that military should not be considered as a political force. They should also take a hard lesson from the event in Pakistan that military's involvement in national politics is beset with perilous consequences.


Akbar Hussain

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