UNB, Dhaka :Noting that current politics of the country cannot reflect the expectations of the young generation, BNPspokesman Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon on Saturday said political parties spread ‘venom’ against each other by using vulgar language.”Politics of hatred is going on. The vulgar words politicians and political parties hurl at each other, can be termed as venom. The young generation is not ready to hear such words,” Ripon said, during an appearance in the latest episode of BBC Sanglap, held at TCB Bhaban in the capital.The BNP leader said, there is nothing for the young generation to be optimistic about, seeing the style in which politics has been running for many years in the country. “I personally think that politics has truly gone rotten,” he added.The country’s politicians lack the thoughts and ideas needed to move the country forward, he remarked.”I realize and feel that the young generation does not like what happens in politics now,” he said.Two other speakers – Senior Research of Fellow of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Dr Nazneen Ahmed and Co-founder of Maya Shahana Siddiqui- as well as more than 90 percent of an audience of 140 young people, aged between 18 to 30, also said the politics practiced at present cannot reflect the expectations of the young generation.However, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said the present government is doing a lot of work for the young generation, including building a Digital Bangladesh.He noted how Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina withdrew the VAT on tuition fees of private university students, showing respect to the demand of the young generation.Awami League’s electoral manifesto – the one from 2008 released just before the 9th parliamentary election – focused on the youth and future of Bangladesh considering the young generation, the junior minister said.Noting that politics should be for all 160 million people of the country, not for a particular person or district, Shahriar Alam said people need to take to the street to raise their voice on the issues they care about, as it’s not possible for the government to understand people’s expectation always.Akbar Hossain moderated the 130th episode of BBC Sanglap, which was the last episode of the current series started in November 2012.
