The magic of ‘Sheikh Hasina’ works again in Bangladesh, she will become PM for the 5th time, this party called the election ‘fake’

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina secured her fourth consecutive term on Sunday and her party Awami League won two- Won the third seat. Hasina’s party won 200 seats in the 300-member Parliament. Counting of votes is still going on after the voting on Sunday. An Election Commission spokesperson said, “We can call Awami League the winner based on the results available so far but the final announcement will be made after the counting of votes in the remaining constituencies is over.” Hasina again registered a spectacular victory on Gopalganj-3 parliamentary seat. He got 2,49,965 votes, while his nearest rival M Nizam Uddin Lashkar of Bangladesh Supreme Party got only 469 votes.

This is Sheikh Hasina’s fifth term as PM

The reins of power in Bangladesh are in the hands of Hasina (76) since 2009. This time, she is going to get the fourth consecutive term in a one-sided election. This will be his fifth term as Prime Minister so far. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Qadir claimed that people have rejected the election boycott of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami by voting. Qadir said, “I thank those who braved the fear of vandalism, arson and terrorism to vote in the 12th national parliamentary elections.” Jatiya Party President G. M. Qadir won the Rangpur-3 seat in the elections.

Arson at at least 18 places across the country

Chief Election Commissioner Qazi Habibul Awal said that according to initial estimates, the voting was around 40 percent, but this figure may change. Overall, more than 80 percent voting took place in the 2018 general elections. Despite largely peaceful voting in the election, officials and media reported incidents of arson in at least 18 locations across the country since late Friday night, 10 of which targeted polling stations. Leaders of BNP led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said the party is planning to intensify its anti-government agitation through a peaceful public participation program from Tuesday.

BNP termed general elections as ‘fake’

BNP, which boycotted the general elections held on Sunday, has termed it as ‘fake’. BNP had boycotted the 2014 elections but contested the elections in 2018. Along with this, 15 other political parties also boycotted the elections. Party leaders have claimed that the low turnout in the elections makes it clear that their boycott movement was successful. He said that peaceful democratic protest programs will gain momentum and this will establish people’s right to vote. During this period, the 48-hour nationwide general strike of BNP is going on, which started at 6 am on Saturday and will end at 6 am on Monday. The party had called on voters to stay away from the election to mark it as the beginning of the end of the “fascist government”.

‘India is our trusted friend’

He said, “We are very fortunate… India is our trusted friend. She not only supported us during the liberation war (1971), after 1975, when we lost our entire family – father, mother, brother, everyone ( In the military coup) and only two of us (Hasina and her younger sister Rihanna) were left… They also gave us shelter. So we wish the people of India all the best.” Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his wife and his three sons were murdered in their home by military officers in August 1975.

His daughters Haseena and Rihanna survived the attack because they were abroad. When asked how acceptable this election is because of BNP’s boycott, the Prime Minister said that his responsibility is towards the people.

‘Whether people accept this election or not

She said, “What is important for me is whether people accept this election or not. So I do not care about their (foreign media) acceptance. It does not matter what the terrorist group says or does not say. .” The opposition Jatiya Party is also included among the 27 political parties contesting the elections in the country. The rest are members of the ruling Awami League-led coalition, which experts have described as constituents of the “electoral bloc”. According to the country’s Election Commission, voting took place at more than 42,000 polling stations. More than 1,500 candidates from 27 political parties are contesting in the elections and apart from them there are also 436 independent candidates. More than 100 foreign observers, including three observers from India, will monitor the 12th general elections. More than 7.5 lakh personnel of law enforcement agencies and security forces have been deployed to maintain law and order during voting.