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Why civil unrest erupts

Published : Wednesday, 7 August, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 362
NU Prince
Why is the civil movement repeatedly developed? In fact, when various discontents are formed in the minds of the citizens, when the language of protest of the political parties goes to a very weak or weak level or is crushed under the pressure of the rulers, then the civil movement is formed. That's when citizens took to the streets. They scream for their needs, they scream for their demands. 

It should be noted that as easily as political movements can be suppressed, the ruling class has to gain a little more momentum to suppress civil movements. Because there is general public involvement or participation. Sometimes the ruling class is able to suppress this movement, but if this movement turns into a mass movement or the duration of the movement is long, then the ruling class also has to be defeated. 

Because the longer the movement continues, the more people's involvement will increase. And the more involved people are, the more they can vent their anger. An example of which we have seen in different countries of the world through the movement of Arab Spring, caste discrimination etc. Those movements have gradually exploded from small issues. Finally, the ruler had to give up power for these mass movement.

Another difference between these two movements is in its ideologies. Political movements are mostly only about power. Whereas the opposition political parties aim to remove the ruling class from power, on the other hand the ruling class aims to suppress the opposition parties. Because of which the participation of the common people regardless of the party affiliation is less in these movements only for power-centered goals or ideals. 

So these movements are often confined to party supporter people based or specific campus based or party supported student organization based. On the other hand, the scope of the civil movement is wider. Citizens' movement originates from basic demands of citizens or social, political or economic needs or demands of citizens, but its consequences can sometimes turn to power-centered goals. But it was said that the demands or needs of the citizens will be collected from the rulers by the political parties and politically conscious people through the movement. 

Taking all these things into consideration, if the question is asked -why did this quota reform movement in Bangladesh take into the form of an anti-discrimination movement or why did this movement continue for so long or why did this student movement take into the form of a mass movement? 

The answer is - it is a civil movement. Citizens have supported and involved themselves in the student movement for the realization of their rights. That is, from this it should be understood that there is a strong dissatisfaction in the minds of the people and this dissatisfaction is not limited to quotas anymore. As there is discrimination in the pore of the society, it has taken the form of anti-discrimination movement today. Today's ongoing crisis in Bangladesh is an expression of long-accumulated grievances, which is actually a civil movement.

Finally, the ruling class should not be forgotten by former US President Abraham Lincoln's historic quote -"You can fool some of the people some of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." That is, people will wake up. People will wake up for his rights, people will wake up and shout for his justice. You cannot restrain this cry with any weapon, force. The more pressure you put on the people, the more anger will be born in their hearts, and when the people express this anger, you, your power and your pride will burn in its fire.
The  writer is an Assistant Teacher, Hawlader Dangi Govt Primary School 



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