Do these young people even realize how undemocratic -- anti-democratic -- the words coming out of their months are? It is simply immaterial what percentage of the population that individual belongs to in terms of these categories. Another irony is that so many of these young people have pledged allegiance to a political party -- Jamaat-e-Islami -- which is fundamentally undemocratic in both its policies and its practices. If you can’t bring yourself to do that, or if you feel that you can’t be bothered to, then guess what? Tanvir Haider Chaudhury has worked as a development activist, a research associate, a project coordinator, an economist, and a senior banker.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 11, 2026 05:32 UTC