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Bangladesh will go to the polls On January 7. 2024 in which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to win a fourth straight term in the absence of the main Opposition BNP which on Saturday began a 48-hour nationwide strike against the “illegal government” amidst sporadic violence.
, AS per PTI A total of 119.6 million registered voters are eligible to vote at Sunday’s polls in more than 42,000 polling stations, according to the country’s Election Commission.
More than 1,500 candidates from 27 political parties are contesting in the election besides 436 independent candidates.
On the eve of Bangladesh’s general election, the country’s main opposition party’s vice chairman Nitai Roy Chowdhury on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led government is neck deep in corruption.
“This government out and out from head to neck is corrupt. They have connections. This is not a democratic government. Development cannot be there without democracy. People’s participation must be there,” Roy from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) told PTI.
#WATCH | On the importance of the General Election in Bangladesh for India & the neighbouring countries, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud bin Momen says, “The India-Bangladesh relationship is built on a very strong foundation starting from 1971 and the sacrifices of Indian… pic.twitter.com/kjSQhxu8xG
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2024
“In our politics why do I stress so much on economic conditions? Politics is a concentrated expression of the economy. If we fail to bring our economy in position, it will not do anything. We are going through a peaceful movement. We never believe in violence and destroying people’s property,” he said.
#WATCH | Dhaka | Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) takes out a protest rally in Paltan area ahead of the general elections in the country scheduled for January 7.
The protesters say that they are protesting against a “fraudulent and farce election” pic.twitter.com/CsMSBccigE
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2024
“We are protesting against a fraudulent election. It is absolutely a farce election. They are snatching our voting rights. It is not an election at all. We want voting rights, we want democracy. People of Bangladesh are fighting for democracy and voting rights, they will win,” Junaid Saki, Chief Coordinator of Gana Sanghati Andolan was quoted as saying by ANI
