Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Convenor of the Citizen's Platform and distinguished fellow at CPD, said on Sunday that a change in government does not necessarily equate to a change in governance, as there is a significant difference between the two.
"If there is a change in the government, it does not necessarily change the country's governance system," he said while presiding over the inaugural session of the Citizen's Conference 2024 titled 'People-centric Reform for Good Governance: Aspirations of Disadvantaged Communities' in the capital.
Citizen's Platform for SDGs Bangladesh, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bangladesh and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation arranged the two-day conference at BICC in the capital.
Dr Bhattacharya questioned as to why people gave so many lives and made so many sacrifices during the 2024 mass uprising if the old government system remains unchanged.
He stressed the need for strengthening the voice of the people to change the state system. "We'll have to raise the voices of the people who are left behind boldly into the mainstream," he added. —UNB
