What is going wrong with the Ruling party of Bangladesh
It was last June, one of the Dhaka city dwellers called me several times for seeking an appointment with me. But he did not agree to speak any word over telephone why he wanted to visit me, even he did not agree which area of Dhaka from he was coming. It was not only apprehensive but strange also for a journalist now days.
by Swadesh Roy
( March 6, 2016, Dhaka, Sri Lanka Guardian) It is not only in the third world, but in the first world also- many bad things happen with the ruling party. Despite that truth, country like Bangladesh it occurs more. Why it occurs more- it is very academic matter; not for the journalist. A journalist can tell only, what he can see and get from confirm source. Sometimes, many affected people come to the journalist, they think that, they can get a solution or a help from the journalist.
It was last June, one of the Dhaka city dwellers called me several times for seeking an appointment with me. But he did not agree to speak any word over telephone why he wanted to visit me, even he did not agree which area of Dhaka from he was coming. It was not only apprehensive but strange also for a journalist now days. However, I gave him appointment, he came to me. His story was beyond of my imagination.
He is a lower income group service person, serves a private organization. He has rented a flat near his office and he got admitted his children in a school near of his residence. He has been living there for five years. When he rented the flat, he had to pay four months’ rent in advance. He knew that multistory building owner was a local powerful leader of Bangladesh national Party (BNP). He was a renter of that person last five years. He used to pay him every month. Recently a new person has come not only to him but all the 30 tenants of the flat also, and the new person declared , “ from now he is the owner of this building and now every tenant has to deposit six months’ rent as an advanced deposit money. If they do not fallow it, they have to leave the flat within one month. There previous deposit will not be counted.”
I asked him, “Why you with other 30 tenants are not going to protest it united way?” He told me with a very afraid face, “The new person is a powerful local Awami league leader. So nobody dare to tell anything in front of him. Besides, we are not getting trace of that previous owner, we have only heard, he left the area.” Then I told him why you the people were not going to court or the police station? His answer was, like the most of the tenants of the Dhaka, they have no agreement papers, and they did all verbally. So he asked to me, doing anything for him. I replied to him if he gave me details, then I checked it in my own way, and after that I could write on it. He got afraid to hear me, and answered, “If I write, he will fall in more danger.” I told him, as a journalist, besides that I had no weapon. Journalist have only pen or keyboard, he can use it. Then he made a surprising request, “if I inform it in person to the Prime Minister, they will get rid of it.” Saying it, he contacted his eyes on my face with a big hope but my answer poured water on the flame of his hope-candle. I replied, as a journalist I could write only, besides I could not do anything on this matter. He left away, but before left the chair he told me, as man of pro liberation force, he came to me with a great hope, because he is a regular reader of my article. I felt pain after seeing her face, but it was true there was no other option for a journalist in that type of situation. However, I got more pain when a broken man was leaving me.
