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Khaleda invites honest, meritorious people to join politics; top personalities want correction in politics
Inviting the meritorious, honest and competent people to politics, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday said her party will engage skilled persons for the development of the country through proper evaluation if voted to power.
“It's easy to criticise politics staying at a safe place. Please come forward to the tough way of making politics fair,” she told at a discussion at Gono Bishwabidyalay in Savar near the city.
Gonoshasthaya Kendra, a non-governmental healthcare provider, organised the three-day event styled “Rich and peaceful
The BNP chief said it would be unfair if all the politicians are considered as same. “Politicians have contributions in both the good and bad activities in
She claimed most of country's development in the last 40 years has been achieved by the previous BNP governments.
Khaleda admitted to making mistakes and facing limitations in the past, but also claimed BNP did not do any wrong intentionally.
She vowed to take lessons from the past and use the experience to run the country in future.
“We will not take revenge or act on jealousy. Rather, we will establish good governance and social justice. The media and judiciary will get real freedom. Reforms will be brought to the electoral system, parliament and the constitution,” she noted.
A national consensus is necessary for democratic and peaceful transition of power through an election, mentioned the opposition leader adding, her party has already started planning for future Bangladesh.
Joining the discussion, some eminent citizens said people will form a new political party if the existing ones fail to free politics from dishonesty.
Urging the political leaders including Khaleda Zia to nominate good persons in the next general elections, they stated that good governance and democracy will not flourish if the bad persons are not removed from the political parties.
They also pointed out that it is not the people but the politicians, who had accused each other to establish that no free and fair election is possible under a political government.
Political parties have established that they will be dishonest during the polls to ensure win by any means, eminent jurist Dr Shahdeen Malik told the meeting.
“Politicians have to understand that our politics should get out of this present unfairness. Those who have bad perception among people must be removed from the parties,” he insisted.
Economist Dr Binayak Sen questioned how the democracy would flourish if the elected representatives are not good even if the polling is accepted to all.
If only the honest and competent persons are nominated in the next elections, the country's governance and administration will be different, he maintained.
Prof Altafunnesa Maya, coordinator of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Salma Khan, a famed woman activist, also discussed, among others, with Sadek Khan, president of Gonoshasthaya Kendra Trust, in the chair.
Earlier on Saturday, addressing the inaugural session of the event Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus had called for introducing an alternative political culture in the country as the politicians have failed to fulfil the aspirations of the people.
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