Voting has started on Sunday for the general elections in Bangladesh.
The country’s main opposition party BNP has boycotted the elections and has appealed for a 48-hour nationwide strike against the current government, declaring it illegal.
The party claims that no election will be fair and credible under the current government. Former PM Khaleda Zia’s party BNP has demanded that an interim non-party government conduct elections. However, the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rejected this demand.
Sheikh Hasina is expected to win in the general elections due to the absence of the main opposition party BNP. It is known that Hasina has been in power in Bangladesh since 2009.
She is fighting to become PM for the fourth consecutive time. Meanwhile, Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina cast her vote in the capital Dhaka today. He voted just after the polling booth opened at 8 am.
After this, on the question related to India, Hasina said, ‘India is our trusted friend. He supported us during the country’s liberation war. After 1975, when we lost our entire family, it was he who gave us shelter. Therefore, we have our best wishes for the people of India.
Why is the opposition boycotting the general elections?
Nitai Roy Chowdhury, vice president of the country’s main opposition party, alleged that the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is completely immersed in corruption.
Roy said, ‘This government is steeped in corruption. This is not a democratic government. There can be no development without democracy. There should be people’s participation. Why do I lay so much emphasis on economic conditions in the country’s politics? If we fail to get our economy back on track, nothing will happen.
He said that we are carrying out a peaceful protest. We do not believe in violence and destroying people’s property.
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