NOW that it has been decided that Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus would lead the interim government and the installation of the government would be held this evening, it is imperative that the composition of the government should reflect a full-scale representation of society, with people from the Bengalis, national and religious minorities and, obviously, women. We at 抖阴精品 believe the representation of national and religious minorities in the forthcoming government should be adequate and equitable. The government should also be adequately representative of the student-led mass uprising that brought an end to the 15 years of authoritarian rule of the Awami League government, which has plunged the country in trouble on almost all fronts 鈥� especially political and economic. Whilst the representation of the student and mass uprising in the government is morally important, all this is politically important, too, to ensure the support of people from all walks of life and diverse sections of society and their moral participation in the government. People from all segments of society 鈥� who have been denied their voting right, constrained by soaring prices and inflation and repressed in the absence of the rule of law, came out on the streets in solidarity with the student protesters, who initially sought reforms in civil service job reservations and, later, demanded the government鈥檚 resignation in the face of repression.
As the protests intensified after attacks on the students by the Awami League fronts and law enforcement units, the mayhem left more than 200 dead in the last fortnight of July and about 150 on August 4. The downfall of Sheikh Hasina, ending her 15 years of authoritarian rule since 2009, took place on August 5 as people in their thousands joined the march far and wide to press home the demand for the resignation of the government, which has not met the earlier demands of the students for a public apology of the prime minister and trial of all murders that took place during the protest days and of the people who attacked and fired into the protests. Another issue that is also of grave importance now is vigilance by students and people. With a political void that has come up after the unseating of the Awami League government now gripping the country, violence and vandalism have been reported for a couple of days. Efforts appear to be getting in place to attend to the situation, with somewhat deployment of people to contain the situation for now. But all this needs to be bolstered with popular vigilance so that the people of the Awami League, which has been overthrown, and others, including religious minorities, are not attacked, oppressed and repressed and their establishments and places of worship are not damaged or destroyed.
It is, therefore, imperative that the interim government should be adequately representative of all segments of society so as to ensure a smooth functioning and a popular support of for the government. It is also important that people and students everywhere should stand guard against violence and vandalism reportedly taking place across the country.