Two months after the formation of the government, the country's political arena has suddenly become turbulent. This situation has arisen mainly due to the bickering between the top leaders of the ruling BNP and the main opposition party, Jamaat-e-Islami.

Although there was a cordial atmosphere between the two parties at the beginning, recently things have become somewhat tense. Tensions have spread from the center to the grassroots level. Not only that, higher education institutions have also become restless. The leaders of the two parties are also fighting in parliament. Analysts say that there is no chance of the mercury of tension between the two parties being calmed down. The distance may increase further.

Basically, the BNP Secretary General's strong message to eliminate Jamaat and the Prime Minister's warning about the opposition movement have raised concerns that such a perception will be further heightened. The question has arisen, then, does BNP not want to give Jamaat a break?

When asked about this, political analyst and writer Mohiuddin Ahmed told Bangla Tribune, "It is natural that the leaders of the government and the opposition will always make opposing political statements. Especially on the issue of hartal, the position is different when you are in the government and when you are in the opposition. At the moment, the contradictory statements of the leaders of the government and the main opposition party are leading the political arena to a somewhat heated situation. The distance between political opponents is not built day by day. It can start on any issue.''

He said, ''This is the political culture of the government to want to keep the opposition party under pressure. BNP may also follow that path.''

The battle of words between the two parties

Immediately after the formation of the government, there was a kind of harmony in the talks between the leaders of BNP and Jamaat. However, as the days go by, that situation is fading. There is unrest between the two parties in all areas from the top to the grassroots.

Recently, at an event in the capital, opposition leader Jamaat Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman alleged that the current government came to power by engineering the elections.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir reacted angrily to his statement. At a press conference at the party's central office in Nayapaltan on April 25, he said, "It has been proven that Jamaat never thinks rationally. We all know their past history very well. The entire nation has consciously rejected them. We have to work so that they can be completely eliminated politically in the future."

A day later, Jamaat Secretary General Professor Mia Golam Parwar strongly protested the BNP Secretary General's remarks. He protested by calling them 'undemocratic and undesirable'.

Parwar said, "The BNP Secretary General's statement threatening to 'politically eliminate' Jamaat is unconstitutional, undesirable and indecent. Such unethical comments from a responsible leader are not expected.''

A day later, on April 27, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, referring to the main opposition party Jamaat, said at a public meeting in Jessore, "No one will be given such an opportunity to disrupt the peace of the people and observe a hartal for 173 days."

Same picture in the parliament session

Apart from the meetings, the distance between the two parties is also visible in the ongoing National Parliament session. No one is giving anyone any space. When MPs and ministers from one party want to speak, the other party is trying to obstruct them. Past history is also being dragged.

Last Tuesday (April 28), the session was disrupted for about 10 minutes due to the speech of BNP MP and freedom fighter Fazlur Rahman in the parliament.

Fazlur Rahman said, "No freedom fighter or anyone from the family of a freedom fighter can join Jamaat-e-Islami. No one from a martyr's family can join Jamaat, if they do, it is a double crime.'' At that time, when the opposition members started shouting, the government members also protested. Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed was unable to stop anyone. At one point, he stood up. When the situation calmed down, the Speaker said to the government and opposition parties, ''The entire nation is watching. Live telecast is being done. If the parliament does not function according to the rules, then this parliament will no longer exist.''

Several such scenes have occurred in the last few days.

Heat also at the grassroots

Amidst the verbal battle between the top leaders of BNP and Jamaat, unrest is prevailing at the grassroots level as well. There have been clashes between the two parties at various places.

Among them, on April 25, miscreants attacked Jamaat member Masum Mustafa in Netrakona-5 (Purbadhola) constituency. At that time, his car was vandalized. The incident took place at around 6:45 pm at the Giripath Filling Station in the Atpara area of ​​the Shyamganj-Birishiri road in the upazila. Later, around 7:30 pm, the police came and rescued him. He filed a complaint with the Speaker in the parliament session regarding this. He blamed the BNP leaders and activists for this. However, some of the accused have already been arrested.

A clash broke out between BNP and Jamaat leaders and activists in Begumganj, Noakhali last Friday (April 27) due to a previous dispute. In this, a Jubo Dal activist named Shakil Mahmud (31) was shot. At least 8 people from both sides were injured in the clash. The incident took place at around 9:30 pm that day in the Bahar Shop area of ​​Taherpur village in Ward No. 1 of Chhayani Union of the upazila.

A day earlier, the dispute that started over the attack on two leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Rajarhat, Kurigram, escalated into a chase, counter-chase and attack. At that time, there were allegations of attacks by BNP and Chhatra Dal leaders and activists on the Upazila Jamaat office. At least 6 people were injured in this. In addition, there were reports of clashes between the two parties in several other districts of the country.

What message did the leaders of the two parties give?

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