Which parties are running in the general election?

S Venkateshwari
Which parties are running in the general election?


Numerous analysts have referred to this election as a fraud even before voting. This is a result of Bangladesh's major parties and opposition leaders abstaining from this election. It wouldn't be incorrect, nevertheless, to argue that in Bangladeshi politics, just two parties have come to represent all of Bangladesh. Recognize Bangladesh's two major political parties as well.

The Awami League of Sheikh Hasina

Khaleda Zia's bangladesh Nationalist party is the primary opposition.

Three reasons the opposition does not run for office

1. Sheikh Hasina's government is accused of being unfair and opaque by the country's largest opposition party, the bangladesh Nationalist party, and the parties that support it. In addition, this party claims that the current administration manipulates the voting process and rigs the general elections. Sheikh Hasina's administration has, however, consistently refuted this accusation.

2. In order to prevent election results from being rigged, the BNP and its supporters had requested that Sheikh Hasina, the present prime minister, resign before the election and that it be overseen by the interim administration. The current Awami League administration, however, was opposed to this demand.

3. The fact that the BNP and its allies have roughly 28,000 leaders and sympathizers incarcerated is one of the reasons behind the boycott of the general elections. Numerous individuals incarcerated possess the potential to embody a formidable opposition.


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