Nobel laureate Dr. Galadgharm to stop the field. The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. Every day the government has to deal with some unstable situation. Law and order forces are struggling to quell the street protests. However, for strategic reasons, the government has been following a 'flexible policy' to deal with the conflict, but is thinking of going hardline in the changing situation. The government has reiterated its soft stance on students but has warned of a tough crackdown on anyone fueling unrest.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. An interim government was formed under the leadership of Muhammad Yunus. A week after the formation of the government, there have been one after another protests and sieges of government institutions. The agitators also barged into secured facilities like the secretariat, including the Yamuna premises, the residence of the Chief Adviser. Later the government was forced to issue 144 on the Yamuna and the Secretariat premises.
However, the movement was never completely stopped. Sometimes Ansar, sometimes pedal driven rickshaw puller, sometimes battery powered rickshaw puller, sometimes garment worker, sometimes teacher-doctor-nurse, sometimes government-private level employees, sometimes rural electricity employees, professionals including students-drama actors, and sometimes students have taken to the streets to demand an increase in the age of employment. Piecemeal movements are being formed more or less every day around various demands. In this situation, the movement on other days except weekends has become a routine. Sometimes they go on the streets even on holidays.
Ansar, which has been organized for more than three and a half months by the government, has had to gain a lot of momentum to stop the movement of the Pahari-Bengali students of seven colleges, Suhrawardy, Kabi Nazrul and Mahbubur Rahman Molla colleges in old Dhaka's educational institutions. Around these movements sometimes the streets turn into battlefields. Politics has created severe traffic jams.
The government had to face the latest major agitation due to the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das, spokesperson of Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jot and principal of Pundarik Dham. Protest marches started in different parts of the country, including Dhaka and Chittagong, soon after the news of the arrest of ISKCON's expelled leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in Dhaka on November 25 in a sedition case. The next day there were massive attacks and clashes in the Chittagong court premises. On that day, a lawyer was hacked to death in the court premises. Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs of India issued a statement protesting the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna. However, the Bangladesh government also gave a counter-reply. Although the violence caused by the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna subsided, a section of garment workers protested by blocking the road in Ashulia Gazipur on Thursday. On this day, the employees also demonstrated in the secretariat. Out of these agitations, soon after the new government came in, there were incidents of robbery in some places of the country including Mohammadpur, Uttara.
Political analysts consider these protests one after the other as a challenge for the government. They feel that if such unrest continues, the implementation of the government's programs will have to gain some momentum. However, they are of the opinion that there is no alternative to reforms if the country is to be put on the right track. On the other hand, the government claims that people are expressing long-term deprivation to the post-revolutionary government out of desire. The government is positive about them. He listens to every claim and tries to solve it.
Calling on the government in a statement on November 27, acting chairman of BNP, Tariq Rahman, said that conspirators have spread a web of conspiracy in the country by exploiting various issues related to people's rights. Intolerance is observed in the minds of the people. The forces of Bangladesh should be united to deal with the ongoing situation. He urged the interim government to control the situation with a firm hand.
My Bangladesh Party (AB Party) member secretary Mojibur Rahman Manju commented that the interim government cannot avoid the responsibility of the conflict, conflict, unrest and the division of the allies of the mass uprising of the last few months. In a recent press conference, he said, the countrymen hoped that peace would gradually return everywhere. But conspirators backed by fallen fascism are making repeated attempts to create anarchy in the country. The government is not able to take any preemptive action regarding the conspiracy.
Mahmudur Rahman Manna, president of Nagrik Oikya, has expressed deep concern over the terrible deterioration of the law and order situation in Bangladesh in the last few days.
Ainul Islam, Associate Professor of Political Science Department of Dhaka University said, 'There is no way to deny that the agitations are creating a kind of instability. It is also a challenge for the government. But it's also true, people feel free to come out of a dictatorial place. That is why everyone is talking about rights. The government is also being tolerant in their case. If this happened in the past, it would have been suppressed.'
Commenting on 'there is no alternative to reforms', this political analyst said, 'The reforms undertaken by the government are really very important. If the government can be left in place through medium and long-term reforms, the next political government can take it forward. If the reforms are done, the political government will not be able to become fascist as before.' He also commented that it is possible to implement the reforms that the government has taken with the help of the people of the country.
In a press conference on November 25, Interim Government Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam said, 'There is a planned attempt to create instability in the country. The previous government continues to spread misinformation in various ways. Who is behind this fuel is being investigated. Legal action will be taken against those responsible. Such incidents will not be tolerated in the future.'
Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told Bangla Tribune, “The government does not have to gain any momentum to deal with the fact that people from different classes and occupations are coming to the field with their demands and their program is not creating any obstacle in the ongoing reform program of the government.”
Mentioning that the people's aspirations for the post-revolutionary government are high, he said, “The poor people of the country, who have been deprived and humiliated in the last 15 and a half years, have not been able to speak.” After such a mass upheaval in the country, it is not unusual for people to talk about their past deprivations. People of the country think that this government will listen to them and the reality is that the government is listening to them. We have always said that you talk to us through representatives instead of going to the streets like this. We will try to meet all reasonable demands.
Shafiqul Alam said that the government has already solved many problems through discussion, but they are going back after talking to the government. They protested on the streets but the government is being tolerant. The movement is not suppressed by firing rubber bullets and tearshells like the previous government. We still urge, if there is any claim, discuss it with the concerned advisor or office.'
He said, 'This ongoing movement is not making any major impact on the reform work of the government. Reforms are proceeding at a normal pace.'
Interim government adviser Mahfuz Alam told Bangla Tribune, 'Anyone can do agitation with various demands. However, we have said that if anyone has a claim, it should be reported through a specific channel. We do not consider anyone as an opponent of reforms. The reform process is progressing and will be completed in consultation with all political parties and stakeholders. We think that recent events or movements will not have any effect on it.'
