Introduction

It was a winter evening of 2011; I was having a conversion with one of my cousin who was an undergraduate student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). The discussion topic was the political instability of Bangladesh, he was kind of frustrated and blaming the political parties because just the day before the discussion his final examination was postponed due to Hartal called by the main opposition party. He was tensed about finishing his graduation in time because of this delay. He had a plan to catch the next semester of a US university for doing his MS over there. But this Hartal issue was made him very anxious that he might not be able to go to USA in time to start the semester. So I could see all of his anger toward the politics and political parties while having the conversation he was saying these political parties and political structure is nothing but a waste of valuable resources of common people, they cant do any betterment for the country. He said. We really need some change; we need new and young leadership instated of this age old politicians and political culture. Then I asked him that if he is thinking about bringing new and young leaders in politics then why he doesnt take the chance, why he doesnt join in politics. I pointed out that he is well educated and qualified enough to do that. Then he replied, I would like to join in politics, but can politics give me a secure future? Can the political parties facilitate me enough opportunities to be a potential leader rather than following the family legacy of transferring political power? Do you think they have internal democracy? Are they going to give me a nomination for national election if I dont fund them with tons of black money? Do you think they can let me work freely for the betterment of the country? Am I going to get enough support from my family and society if I wish to get involved in active politics? Answer me. Well I didnt have any positive answer for his questions. Because he rose up some burning issues those work as discouraging factors for the young people to join in active politics of Bangladesh.

Well, not only my cousin, I think there are a huge number of young people in our country who have also got similar kind of questions in their mind. These numerous number of young people are very much concern about our existing political culture and political practices. They have strong opinions of their own. Almost all of these young stars are well educated and energetic enough to take the challenge of future and work for the betterment of Bangladesh. But all of them are stuck with the same sort of questions and uncertainty like my cousin regarding the existing political structure. So though they have proper capability but these structural problems and instability is discouraging them, pulling them back to get involved in active political practices. So they are losing interest in politics. They are not taking it as a profession. They are using their talent and efficiency in other jobs where they can find a secure future and flexible environment rather than politics. As a part of this promising young generation all of these issues also bother me a lot. So I wanted to go deep inside into this problem by choosing this topic for my research project. I have investigated these issues very closely to know details about the structural problems related to our politics those are faced by our young generation while they want to join in. I have focused on each and every problem possible and I tried to know how young people consider this problems. I have also found out their level of interests about joining in politics. Finally I also got some suggestion from them that what kind of changes in political structures should be brought in to facilitate their way of getting in.

Background of the research

While doing the research on a topic like Politics and Young generation of Bangladesh, I had to consider many factors in my mind and find out background information about this topic like what experts have said or written or published in this topic. I have tried to find out the

details about the structural problems related with the existing political structure as well as what experts have said about those problems and possible solution to those problems. Along with the problems I also had to search information about how our young generation is considering the existing political issues. I had to research on their different opinions through internet sources like blogs, social networks etc. An young writer have posted in blog that how our age old politician and political practices are working as an obstacle for the entrance of young people in politics. It is unfortunate but true that the average age of the top leaders of all the major political parties have long passed the average age for retirement. In fact, most of the leaders lack vision and the promptness that the country badly needs to face the challenges that the new century throws at its fledgling economy. An old leadership means, the country will unnecessarily dwell on the past and its leaders will remain indifferent to the world of scientific discovery and innovation. One does not need to go afar to see the ramifications. Young people of our country are growing up indifferent to politics, apathy is growing dangerously fast, the country is run without any vision, a culture of lethargy has been born, a culture in which the government, like an idler, remains passive -- instead of having a pro-active role in governance, it only acts when things happen. This apathy or sheer lethargy also means that the people, especially the young ones, have to shout in order to let their voice be heard. It turns bitter at times, for why else will the citizens have to lay siege to the office of the local government office to demand an adequate supply of fertilizers? (Hussain, 2008). Mahjabeen (2011) reported that Serious political problem is the main reason that is not letting the country move forward. Political conflict has caused people deprivation in the last three decades. All we need now is a good leader who can fight against all perils created by the so called political leaders who have turned politics into a profit-making business. We seek leaders who are bold enough to expose the social and political mask of the corrupt leaders;

capable to organize young people from the grass-rook level. Social and community leaders who will emerge from the grass-root level working with common people shall believe the age long heritage and traditional roles of Bangladesh and consider the people as human beings. They should not be crazy to hold a big position or to be a parliamentary member or minister. Genuine leaders are needed who will ensure justice by setting up good governance. ( n.p.).

Areas of Research
Conducting a research on politics and young generation is not a small work to do. There are many areas that might come to research. But for my research work I have mainly focused on five areas regarding this issue. Those are: 1) The satisfaction level of young generation about the existing political situation: To conduct my research at the very first I have focused on the satisfaction level of our young people regarding present political situation of our country. I have tried to find out how they consider the current political condition, are they satisfied about it or not. From the primary data collection (survey) and secondary sources I have found that most of the young people are not satisfied with the current situation. Some of them think current political situation is totally unstable, some of them believe it is currently stable but might be unstable in near future and a very few of them are satisfied with the present condition and considered it as stable.

2) Young peoples interest level to get involved in active politics: My second area of research was to find out the interest level of young people to get involved in the active politics. I have tried to find out that considering the present political environment how

much they are interested to join in politics. From the both primary and secondary data sources I have got a result that most of the young people are not interested to join active politics. I have also marked the issue of student politics and found out that most of them are not interested of student politics and wanted the student politics to be banned from campus. Few young people wanted to join active politics because they believe only young people can bring changes to the present unstable condition of politics.

3) Problems with the existing political structure: In my third area of research I have tried to mark the core structural problems considered by the young people regarding the existing political condition. While researching in this area from my primary and secondary data sources I have found out many fundamental problems of the Bangladeshi politics like most of the political parties practice functionalism and misuse of power, most of the party personal are highly corrupted, there is no internal democracy and accountability in the political parties, most of the parties give nomination for national election on basis of political influence and black money, most of our parliamentarians are not well educated and efficient enough to make the parliament effective, political parties dont facilitate enough opportunities for young people and they use them only for their political interest etc.

4) Suggestion of young people regarding the problems: In this research area I have tried to find out the suggestions given by the young people to solve the problems marked by them related to present political situation. They have given their suggestions for many areas like, political parties must have to ensure internal democracy and accountability, laws and regulations should be properly imposed

against corrupted politician, Student council like Daksu, Raksu election should be done, political parties have to facilitate enough opportunities for the young generation and motivate them to join politics for betterment of the country, the parliament have to be effective to make national unity in political and national issues etc.

5) Young peoples interest to get involved in politics if situation gets better: This is my last area of research where I have tried to find out if the existing situation changes and opportunities are created for young people, then what is their interest level to join active politics. Here I have found that many young people who are currently unsatisfied with politics have showed interested to join in politics. Along with this some young people still didnt show any interest to get involved in politics. Because they believe the situation mightbe changed but it wont be sustainable. Moreover their families discourage them not to consider politics as a career so they dont get any inspiration to join in politics and they believe there are lot of other professions that can give them a guaranteed future rather politics.

Hypothesis
To conduct my research I have fixed a hypothesis. I expect to find out that the current political situation is not suitable for our young generation to join in. There are some structural and core problem in the political system and process. I expect to find out those causes and I also want to prove that the level of interest of our young people is very low to get involved in active politics. The hypothesis can be express in line like this, The young generation of Bangladesh is not interested to get involved in the politics because of the current unstable condition and structural problem of it

Methodology
This research paper has both descriptive and statistical analysis part so that I can come out with some practical idea about Politics and young generation. This researchs objective is to find information about the underlining view point of the young generation of Bangladesh about politics and political parties, what they think about it, what are the causes of avoiding it, what are the problems they marks regarding this issue and their interest level about joining active politics. The population: As this researchs target group was young generations so the participants of the conducted survey were selected from various universities and colleges students. For this research my total sample size is thirty. Most of the students participated in the survey were from 18 to 28 years of old. I have chosen this age group because student politics and active party politics are usually seen in most of the public universities and some colleges, so student group is the representative of that young generation which is exposed to active politics. More over most of the students are aware about the current political situation and political activities. They are most updated and politically aware target group. Primary information: I have gathered necessary information by making questionnaire on the basis of current political scenario and underlining problems regarding this issue. The questionnaire has different types of questions to get a range of useful data which will help me to gather relevant information about my research. There were 15 questions in that questionnaire. With the help of questionnaire, I tried to find out what are the main problems regarding politics and how much the young people are interested to join in active politics and their suggestions regarding this issue. Secondary information: While doing this research I have taken some secondary data which helped me to understand this concept more clearly. To collect these information, I have used-

Internet websites: I have collected a lot of relevant information about active politics of Bangladesh and young generation from the internet. I have used search engines like Google and Yahoo.

Books: I have also collected lots of valuable information from books and journals contacting political issues which discussed about the problems of current Bangladeshi politics and the view point of our young people regarding this. These books proved to be very handy for me while doing this report. I used NSUs library to find these books.

Primary Data Presentation & Analysis

The questionnaire for this report has 11 questions. These questions are directly related to the research topic. Without these 11 questions there are 3 additional questions to know background of respondents demographic information. Sample size for this report is 30. All of them are students from different universities and colleges. Following are the data and graphical representation with analysis that I have collected from the survey.

Data presentation:
In the demographic information table, it is observed that among 30 respondents of this survey 21 are male and 09 are female. Their age range in from 18 to 28. All of them are the students of different universities and colleges.

Age 18-28

Gender Male: 21 Female: 09 Total: 30

Occupation Student

Table 1: (Demographic Information)

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Analysis of Survey Questions:

Question # 01 How would you like to describe the present condition of Bangladeshi politics? a) Stable and satisfactory b) Stable but might be unstable in near future c) Unstable but chances are there to make it better d) Unstable and not satisfactory Result table: Options Respondents In % A 0 0% B 6 20% C 9 30% D 15 50% Total 30 100%

Graphical presentation:

Question 1

a 0%

b 20% d 50% c 30%

Figure 1

Analysis: Here both from the result table and graphical presentation it is observed that, 50% of the total respondents have chosen the option d, which means they have marked the present political condition of the country as unstable and not satisfactory. The 2nd highest percentage is 30% that goes to option c, which reflects that the condition is currently unstable but there are chances to make it better. Then 20% respondents, who have chosen the option b, think that the condition is stable but might be unstable in near future. No one out of 30 respondents (0%) has chosen the option a, which means none of them thinks that the political condition is

stable and satisfactory. Finally from this question analysis, it is found that maximum number of respondent is not satisfied about the current unstable political situation.

Question # 02 What do you think about Student politics in Bangladesh? a) It is beneficial for country b) Student politics should include only academic purposes of campus c) Student politics should be empowered by student council like Daksu, Raksu etc. d) Political parties use student politics to achieve political interest, so it should be banned Result table: Options Respondents In % a 1 3.33% b 4 13.33% c 7 23.33% d 18 60% Total 30 100%

Graphical presentation:

Question 2
d c b a 13.33% 3.33% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 23.33% 60%

Figure 2

0.00%

70.00%

Analysis: From the 2nd question it is observed that, 60% of the respondents have chosen the option d which reflects that they consider student politics negatively and want it to be banned. Then

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23.33%, who have chosen the option c, thinks that student politics should not be banned but it should be empowered by student council like Daksu, Raksu etc. 4 respondents (13.33%) out of 30 who have chosen the option b, they think that student politics should be related with academic purpose only. Only 1 respondent or 3.33% of the total respondents who has chosen the option a, believes that student politics is beneficial for country. So, from the final analysis of this question it can be said that, majority of the young people dont want student politics to be existed in the political structure because they believe that student politics is just a way of using the students to achieve political interest of the parties.

Question # 03: What do you think our young generation feels about politics and political parties? a) Political parties encourage functionalism and misuse of political power b) They use young people to achieve their political interest c) Most of the politician is highly corrupted and they encourage corruption d) Political parties and politician is working for the betterment of Bangladesh Result table: Options Respondents In % a 3 10% b 7 23.33% c 20 67.66% d 0 0.00% Total 30 100%

Graphical presentation:
d, 0.% a, 10.00%

b, 23.33%

c, 67.66%

Figure 9

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Analysis: In this question, 20 out of 30 respondents (highest 67.66%) have chosen the option c, which means they consider that most of the politician are highly corrupted and they encourages corruption. 23.33% respondents who have chosen option b think that political parties and politician use young people just for achieving political interest. Another 10% have chosen the option a, believe that political parties encourage functionalism and misuse of political power. There is no remaining respondent that means no one (0.00%) believes that politician and political parties are working for the betterment of Bangladesh. So in a conclusion of this question analysis, it can be said that all your young people have a very negative feelings and consideration about our political parties and politicians.

Question # 04: What is your opinion about the political parties of Bangladesh? a) Most of the parties are so called protector of democracy; they are just greedy for power b) Most of the parties dont focuses on the public demand c) Most of the party personnel are corrupted d) Most of the parties practice functionalism and misuse of power Result table: Options Respondents In % a 7 23.33% b 5 16.66% c 6 20% d 12 40% Total 30 100%

Graphical presentation:

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Question 4
a 23% b 17%

d 40%

c 20%

Figure 4

Analysis: Here, it is observed that 40% respondent have responded to option d, which means this group believes that most of the political parties practice functionalism and misuse of power. Along with this group another group (23.33%) of respondents responded to option a, that reflects a result that most of the political parties are so called protector of democracy and they are just greedy of political power. Another group with 20% response has chosen the option c that reflects that most of the party personnel are corrupted. The remaining 17% believes that most of the parties dont focus on public demand. So the final analysis from this question I have got that, all the young respondent have a very negative consideration about most of the political parties of Bangladesh.

Question # 05: Do you think the transfer of power in the top level of the political parties follows proper rules? a) Yes, the system is purely democratic b) No, because most of the time the transfer of power follows Poribar Tontro. c) No, the decisions are usually taken by the party head or chairman only d) No, because there is no internal accountability in the parties.

Result table:

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Options Respondents In %

a 0 0%

b 18 60%

c 6 20%

d 6 20%

Total 30 100%

Graphical presentation:

Question 6
70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00%

Figure 6

60.00%

20.00% 0.00% a

20%

Analysis: In this question respondent was asked about the transfer of power among the top level post of the political parties and 18 out of 30 respondents with a highest percentage of 60% has replied that, the transfer of power usually follows the Poribar Tontro o r family legacy of leading political families. Then I found a tie between the option c and d, where two groups of respondents (20% for each group) has responded to the options like political parties has no internal accountability and most of the major decision of the parties usually taken by the

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party head or chairperson. Like question no 5, No one (0.00%) has chosen the option a, which implies an option that the power transfer system of political parties is purely democratic. So, finally I got a conclusion that majority of the respondents believes that most of our political parties practice Poribar Tontro and there is no democratic decision making process in terms of transferring the power or allocating the party post and positions.

Question # 06: Do you think the candidate selection process by the political parties for national elections is fair and transparent? a) Yes, it ensures the right candidate to be selected b) No, the process is fully corrupted c) No, it is basically determined on the basis of party funding and mandate trading d) No, because the whole process facilitates the flow of black money and misuse of political influence and power. Result table: Options Respondents In % a 0 0.00% b 13 43.33% c 7 23.33% d 10 33.33% Total 30 100%

Graphical presentation:
Figure 8
50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00% a, 0.00% a b c d c, 23.33% b, 43.33% d, 33%

Analysis: This question was related with nomination process of political parties for different national elections. Here, 43.33% has chosen the option b, which means this nomination process or

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candidate selection process is totally corrupted. Another 33.33% has chosen the option d which prompts a point that through this nomination process political parties facilitate the free flow of black money and misuse of political influence and power. Along with this, 23.33% respondent choosing the option c believes that the candidates are nominated on the basis of party funding and nomination trading through black money. No responded (0.00%) have marked this nomination process right. So finally I can say that, majority of our young people consider the nomination process as fully corrupted rather than a fair and transparent one.

Question # 07 What do you think about the opportunities for our young generation to become actively involved in the political parties? a) Political parties facilitate enough opportunities for young politician b) They dont practice internal democracy so youth people cant take part in decision making process c) Most of the post of the parties are given on the basis of political influence and grouping d) The whole system is corrupted and young people dont get chances to get through it. Result table: Options Respondents In % a 0 0% b 5 16.67% c 12 40% d 13 43.33% Total 30 100%

Graphical presentation:

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d, 43%

a, 0.00%

b, 16.67% c, 40.00%

Figure 5

Analysis: From the table and graphical presentation it is witnessed that, 43% people have chosen the option d, it means these respondents strongly believe that there is no opportunity for young people to get involved into active politics through the corrupted structure of the political parties. Very closer to this group of respondents another bunch of respondents with a value of 40% those who have responded to option c, believe that most of the post of the parties are given on the basis of political influence and grouping so they cant get through this process. With 16.67% response level, 5 respondents out of 30 who have chosen the option b, who think that most of the political parties dont practice internal democracy so youth people cant take part in decision making process; and finally its amazing to see that no one has chosen the option a (0.00%), it means no respondent thinks that political parties facilitate enough opportunities for young people. So final conclusion of this question analysis is that, all of the young respondent strongly believe that political parties is not an potential and opportunistic choice to get involved into active politics.

Question # 08: Does your family encourage you to get involved in active politics? a) Yes, they think it is an honorable profession b) No, because they consider politics as a corrupted and risky profession c) No, because they think it might damage my study d) No, because they want me to other job with good salary and guaranteed future Result table: Options Respondents In % a 0 0.00% b 15 50% c 5 16.67% d 10 33.33% Total 30 100%

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Graphical presentation:

60.00% 40.00% 20.00% 0.00%

b, 50.00% d, 33.33.% c, 16.67% a, 0.00%

a b c d

Figure 10

Analysis: This question was asked to know whether the young people are encouraged by their family or not to join active politics. In response, 50% have chosen the option b that means they are not encouraged by their families because their families consider politics as a corrupted and risky profession. Along with this, 33.33% have chosen the option d, it means their families want them to do other job rather than politics which can ensure them a guaranteed future and good salary. 16.67% respondent has chosen the option c; it means they are not also encouraged by their family because their families believe that politics might damage their study life. There is no remaining respondent (0.00%) to choose option a, that means none of their family considers politics as an honorable profession. So finally it can be said that, most of our young people are not encouraged by their families to join active politics.

Question # 09: While you think of joining politics, what type of situation discouraged you to back off? a) Most of the people disrespect the politician b) Political parties does not facilitate enough opportunities c) Opportunities to have far better profession with good salary and future d) Having a busy and risky life Result table: Options a B c d Total

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Respondents In %

15 50%

5 16.67%

3 10%

7 23.33%

30 100%

Graphical presentation:

d c b a 0.00%

23.33.% 10.00% 16.67% 50.00%

20.00% 40.00% 60.00%

Figure 11

Analysis: This question was set to find out the discouraging factors those pull back the young people from joining active politics. Here, 50% respondents have chosen the option a, that reflects the most discouraging factor; most of the people disrespect the politician. 23.33%, who have chosen the option d; believe that by joining politics they might have to lead a busy and risky life. Another 16.67% respondents choosing the option b have marked out a discouraging factor that political parties are not facilitating enough opportunities for them to join in. the remaining 10% respondents (option c) believe that they have opportunities to get far better job with handsome salary and honor rather than politics. So in a final analysis of this question, it can be said that most of our young people dont consider politics as an honorable profession and they are also discouraged because politics is not able to give them a guaranteed future and risk free life but other available job can do it easily.

Question # 10: How do you think our young people will be encouraged to join politics? a) Political parties have to be more transparent and corruption free and they have to ensure internal democracy for decision making process b) There should be a maximum age limit for politician to ensure the space for upcoming young politician c) Student council elections should be held timely

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d) Support and Inspiration from the Family and society to join politics Result table: Options Respondents In % a 17 56.67% b 2 6.67% c 8 26.67% D 3 10% Total 30 100%

Graphical Presentation:
56.67% 26.67% 6.67% a b 10.00% c

60.00% 40.00% 20.00% 0.00%

Figure 13

Analysis: The aim of this question was to find out the factors those can encourage young people to join active politics. Here in response, 56.67% has replied that(option a), some basic structural changes in political parties like, practicing internal democracy, being transparent and corruption free might encourage young people to join with them. 26.67% respondent pulled out another encouraging factor; empowering the student councils through elections (option c). 10% of the total respondents think that support and inspiration from family and society might encourage them to get involved in politics (option d). The remaining 6.67% thinks that there should be a maximum age limit of active politician then it will be easier for young people to grab that space (option b). So in a conclusion it can be said that fair practices of political parties and some structural changes as well as family and social support can encourage our young stars to join active politics.

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Question # 11: If policies are changed in favor of young people and opportunities are created to facilitate them to join politics, after considering this situation would you like to join politics? a) Yes, I would take the chance b) Yes, because it can be a better profession c) No, I dont think the policies will be stable and opportunities will be available in future d) No, I dont like politics at all. Result table: Options Respondents In % a 17 56.67% b 0 0.00% c 11 36.37% d 2 6.67% Total 30 100%

Graphical Presentation:
56.67% 36.67% 0.00%
a b c

60.00% 40.00% 20.00% 0.00%

6.67%

Figure 14

Analysis: This was the last question asked to the respondent to find out, if necessary changes come to politics and opportunities are created for young people then what would be their interest level to get involved in active politics. In response, 56.67% respondents (majority) have chosen a positive answer that they would like to be involved with the changed political structure (option a). Well, 36.67% are not still satisfied, they think the changes wont be sustainable as well as opportunities wont be no longer available, so they have chosen a negative answer (option b); along with them 6.67% have also shown negativity because they dont like politics at all so they dont bother about any changes (option d). Though option b was a specified positive answer but no one has chosen it (0.00%). Finally it can be analyzed that, our young generation are concern about our political practices and structure, if changes come to their favor then majority of them will take the chance to get involved in active politics.

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Secondary Data Presentation & Analysis

I have collected some secondary data for this research from Online articles. Books. I have searched books and online sources to find out what experts have found out previously on this topic of youth involvement in Bangladeshi politics. I have tried to find out what have said about the unstable political condition different structural problem of politics. Here, I have shown some data quoted from different books and online sources. Political parties and political culture of Bangladesh has got some core problem. In 2008, Khan, Islam and Haque concluded, Democracy cannot survive without a responsible and responsive party system. The failure of democracy in Bangladesh has been attributed to the shortcomings of political parties. But political parties as institution are grounded in the historically emergent cultural patterns and social structure. The way political parties behave is greatly influenced by cultural and social factors. Bangladesh is a relatively homogeneous country, yet politics here is intensely factional fission, fusion and proliferation are pervasive aspects of political culture. In the popular discourse, there is a tendency to put the blame on political leaders and political parties. But there are cultural and structural imperatives that determine the way political parties and political leaders behave. (p. 21). There is no internal democracy in most of the big political parties. According to Jahan and Jabin (2009), Undemocratic practices within political parties contribute significantly to the arbitrary attitudes of the ruling party. Political parties as public institutions should be subject to accountability and should be governed by the laws of the land. The Prevailing internal organizational structure and management system of political parties are not congenial to hold

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the party leaders accountable. The party chief enjoys absolute power in taking all important decision, there is no scope for dissidence and perhaps most important, there is no transparency in financial transactions. These factors have allowed the party leaders to become authoritarian. The decision making structures and financial transactions of the major political parties of the country BNP, Al and JP bear striking similarities. (p. 23). Many Bangladeshi young people like young writers have given their view on current political situation. Shafique (2012) reported that After all these years of living here, living through many developments, events and socio- political changes, Bangladesh is really a hard place to be in. There is a vacuum, a gap that makes one feel incomplete and disintegrated. Over the years, a deep sense of mistrust has developed among us regarding politics. It is not just the politics - there is a profound disconnection between the way this country is run, and the romanticized version of democracy we learned from books and western news. Is it the flawed governance, the lack of transparency, or the sheer absence of any form of accountability - be it in development planning, public expenditure system, or policy implementation? Ever since we learned the phrase people power, we've known that we elect our governments through a democratic system - yet when it comes to access to minimum rights, or even information, we are suddenly not as important as we were during elections. (n. p.). The way of creating leadership is not easy in Bangladesh. Political parties are not facilitating enough opportunities for young people to come forward and take the leadership from the age old politician. Where the solution lies is difficult to tell for creating leadership is a long process and it has to come from the grassroots. The life of sacrifice that the founding fathers of this nation had chosen has not been emulated by any of our present leaders. The issue is indeed a bigger one and is entwined with the criminalization of politics that has taken place over the decades. The old guards must make room for young talented leadership to emerge, politics must be freed from the clutches of the evil nexus of businessmen and politicians,

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national politics must set an example for the youth through making politics and the decision making process more participatory and inclusive. Family-based politics is the biggest enemy of democracy; it gives birth to corruption that eats at the very foundation of the country's economy. The parties' should have internal democracy; the only way a young politician can go up and make it to the party office should be through merit. His or her personal relationship with the top leader must not work as an added advantage. Politicians must know when he or she should call it a day. Contrary to other established democracies, our politicians remain in politics till they die. A good leader can read the pulse of people and act accordingly. While it is true that time teaches the politicians the keenest of lessons, making experience the prime requisite to be a good leader, one must have the magnanimity to pave the way for a better replacement. The creation of a knowledge-based society is also necessary for a steady, enduring economic growth, a growth that will include the toiling masses, from whom the new leaders will come. (Hussain, 2008).

Summary key Findings:

Majority of our young generation is not satisfied with the existing political condition and they have considered it as unstable.

Most of the young people believe that student politics is harmful and it should be banded. While some other wants it to be existed and empowered by student council like Daksu, Raksu etc.

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 More than half of the young stars believe that student politics should not be allowed in private universities. While few of them think that student politics will be helpful to protect the rights of the students.

Al most all the young people think that political parties facilitate functionalism and misuse of power, most of the party personnel are corrupted and they are just so called protector of democracy.

Majority of the young people considers that our political parties dont facilitate enough opportunities. The post allocating system is fully corrupted and not followed by internal democracy.

Almost all of the young people believe that the transformation of power in the top level of the political parties most often followed by Poribar Tontro or family legacy and there is no internal accountability in the political parties.

A huge portion of youth thinks that our parliament is an example of failure to ensure proper democracy and most of the parliaments are not qualified enough.

Majority of the young people believe most of the parties do nomination trading and the process is fully corrupted and facilitate free flow of black money in different elections.

Almost all the young people believe that most of our politician are highly corrupted and they encourage corruption.

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 Majority of the young people dont get any kind of support and inspiration if they wish to be involved in active politics.

Majority of the young star thinks that common people dont respect politicians.

A good number of young people believe that they are capable to get good jobs with handsome salary and better future rather than joining politics.

Considering the current political situation majority of the youth dont want to get involved in active politics.

Our people have different opinion regarding the solution of the existing structural problems of politics like, Political parties have to be more transparent and corruption free and they have to ensure internal democracy for decision making process, Student council elections should be held timely, There should be a maximum age limit for politician to ensure the space for upcoming young politician.

If situation changes and these structural problems are taken care of then majority of the young people will be joining active politics.

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Limitation
I went through some difficulties and limitations while doing this report and they are Lack of sufficient time: Time was a big limitation. Our semester is only three month and during this time we have several exams, quizzes, assignments and so many other staffs. So, for lack of time I could not go in depth of this research which it deserves being an interesting topic. Lack of support from the target group: My target group for sample was young people like university and college students. It was tough to collect primary data from them. Many of them didnt want to answer the survey questionnaire because the topic was politics related so they thought they might get political harassment. Specially in the public universities I faced this problem too much. Lack of secondary Source: Another limitation of my research paper is lack of secondary sources. There are many articles in the internet about politics and young generation but most of them are not written from Bangladeshi context. Basically I had to depend on different blogs where young people express their feelings so freely. Moreover, there are not sufficient books available in the North South University on this topic. So it was really hard to find relevant information. Length of this research paper: Youth involvement in politics has vast areas for research. There is much information which can be provided to make this topic even more understandable. Unfortunately, I had to summarize all this information because of length of this research paper. Moreover because of time constrain and length of this report I could not discuss about all the necessary topics.

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Conclusion
I have started this report discussing about my cousin who was totally unsatisfied about the political practices of Bangladesh and ultimately he left the country for higher degree and now planning to live in US permanently. But the story is not finished with my cousin only, there are thousands of young talented people like my cousin are either leaving the country or keeping a far distance from taking the challenge of political future of Bangladesh. These young people have enough potentiality to make the changes, to give our country much more than its needed. But in reality nothing is happening like that. In this research I have learned many new things and got an insight view of our young generation regarding Politics. As this topic has vast areas so I have divided my hypothesis in two parts: My Hypothesis was as below: The young generation of Bangladesh is not interested to get involved in the politics because of the current unstable condition and structural problem of it. The two parts I intended to prove through my research: 1. Current Unstable Political condition. 2. Structural Problems of the politics. After conducting my research the primary data along with secondary data suggest the following: 1. Current Unstable condition: 50%+30%=80% respondents have considered the political condition as unstable. So this part is ACCEPTED.

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2. Structural Problems of the politics: Different kind of structural problems of Bangladeshi politics those are considered by the young generation: 60% wants student politics to be banned. Functionalism, misuse power and Corrupted party personnel. (40%+20%)=60% Poribar Tontro + no internal democracy in political parties. (60%+40%)=100% Positions in political parties are given on political influence and grouping + whole selection system is corrupted (40% +43% )= 83% Nomination process is fully corrupted+ facilitates the flow of black money (44%+34%)=78% Parliament is not effective=60% No support from family and society=100% Not interested to get involved with existing structure =60% Wants to get involved if structure are changed =57% So after considering the above Structural problems it can be claimed that 2nd part of my Hypothesis is ACCEPTED. At the end I want to say that, Problems are out there but solutions are not so far. Only our young people have the capability to overcome this entire problem and bring the necessary changes in our political culture and structure. I believe we do have enough resources and talent to manage all the problems. Its time to change and to be changed. Our young people made it in 1952, 1971 and now its time to make it once again and we will do it all together.

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