Bangladesh on January 5th and Afterwards

[idune]

Bangladesh on January 5th and Afterwards

It is all known January 5th election in Bangladesh is a farcical one. Entire opposition of Bangladesh political parties boycotted election for the demand of neutral caretaker administration. This so called "election" conducting by ruling Awami League with indian backing is so farcical that 154 MPs already elected even before Jan 5th vote. Awami League candidate to dupe people and media even asked to have 100 people repeatedly vote for whole day.

All countries including US, EU, UN and Commonwealth refused to send observers because election has no credibility.

In desperation, Indian backed Awami League unleashed deadly force in genocidal proportion to hunt, abduct and kill any opposition to farcical election and brutal rule. In last few months, more than 1000 killed, 20000 injured and more than 500 abducted by Indian backed Awami League force and terrorists. Security experts fear in coming days Awami League with indian backing will be even more brutal and resort to mass killing of opposition leaders and activists specially from Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh.

There is broad consensus in Bangladesh and abroad that India pushed Bangladesh to edge of destruction; politically and economically. Indian war against Bangladesh sovereignty and independence using Awami League as a proxy, pushed Bangladesh at the door step of civil war.

In such backdrop, this thread is to capture all information and analysis for January 5th and afterwards.

Note of caution: Bangladeshi, Pakistani and other members are well aware of indian members tendency to ask same question thousand times, use circular logic and attempt to hijack threads that is not their liking. Please, ignore those comments.

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[idune]

History will hold Awami League responsible


Bangladesh witnesses the most farcical elections ever held under an elected government today. It is farcical not only because the entire opposition political camps have boycotted the polls in the apprehension of the elections being rigged by the incumbents but also because 153 seats of the 300-member national parliament have already been captured by the candidates of the ruling coalition without a single vote being cast because of a subjugated Election Commission declaring them elected unopposed, depriving 52 per cent of the voters of their right to franchise. The government now goes ahead with the elections to the rest 147 seats, in most of which, again, the opposing candidates belong to the ruling coalition. Which polls, if not these, would be called farcical, managed in the name of democratic elections? But the government of the Awami League went ahead with the political farce despite repeated requests from all social and political quarters — not to mention the sustained opposition demand for free and fair participatory elections under a credible, non-party government capable of creating a level playing field for the contesting political camps.


Instead of accommodating the opposition demand, the incumbents have chosen to detain its leader, Khaleda Zia, in her house and have arrested hundreds of her party leaders and activists. In the process, the Awami League has also ignored the entire international community, except India, urging the incumbents to ensure a participatory election. India, which has been hostile to Bangladesh’s national interests in more than one ways, has visibly supported the unilateral polls designed by the AL high command.

With the Awami League’s popularity reaching rock bottom, the party can no longer retain power based on people’s mandate to be expressed through a fair election at the moment and without the Awami League in power, India cannot continue to dominate Bangladesh the way it has been doing over the past few years.

The so-called election is, however, being held in the midst of the opposition call for the public to resist the farcical election, suggesting clearly that there can be violent protests against the polls. Given the Awami League’s intolerant attitude towards any opposition, the incumbents are likely to use excessive force against the opposition protests. There is a possibility of loss of more lives in political clashes. After all these, the government is set to get its subservient Election Commission declare the votes valid. Still, the incumbents may not be able to save the situation, for a parliament to be constituted by the people ‘elected’ through such a farcical poll is bound to be considered politically illegitimate. Subsequently, a government to be formed based on the strength of majority seats of such an illegitimate parliament will also be considered equally illegitimate.

Understandably, the country would then witness a fresh spate of violent opposition protest for forcing an illegitimate government to step down, and the latter may appear to be more repressive against the protesters to resist a humiliating defeat in the near future. Meanwhile, social and economic stability would be the casualty. History this time would definitely hold the AL high command responsible for social, political and economic instability.

History will hold Awami League responsible

 

[Flynn Swagmire]

Is there any possibility of economic suction on us?

 

[idune]

Asif Nazrul, prof of law at DU describes how illegitimate Awami League regime will cause untold destruction to economic, trade and other relation with major countries. And how india, where Awami League rests its anchor, will do nothing because india even obstruct water that Bangladesh has right.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=604766332944668

 

[Saiful Islam]

Anyways looks to me the whole is against Hasina and people are either opposing the election or just doesn't give a shit about. Hasina, you might as well pack ya bags.

 

[kalu_miah]

Crisis of Bangladesh - After March For Democracy of Khaleda Zia

@Loki , please look at the above thread and see if it can be merged with this one, thanks.

 

[idune]

Dismal voter presence on election day in different parts of the country. No time in Bangladesh history an election had been so resoundly rejected by people.

Teknaf in 3 hrs 10 vote
Mirpur (1 center), Dhaka 17 vote in 3rs
Mohakhali, Dhaka(2 centers) 10 vote in 2 hrs
Uttara, Dhaka (1 center) 5 vote in 1 and half hour
Biswanath (1 center), Sylhet - 10 vote in 2 hrs
Nawabpur 44 vote in 2 hrs
Laxmipur vote in 4 centers posponed
Pollabi, Dhaka 50 vote in 1 hr

Voting stopped in 138 centers.

In Gabtoli, Bogra police ran to thana with ballot box in face of opposition resistance. When people surrounded thana police ran away from thana.

Daily Manab Zamin

 

[idune]

Some of the empty centers without voters.

In Chittagong Zamankhan Govt. high school

In Jamalpur

 

[Cyberian]

All the best Bangladesh. Don't know what's going in Bangladesh at the moment except India is trying to create some sort of a civil war in the country for whatever purposes, but I wish Bangladesh peace and prosperity.

 

[UKBengali]

All the best Bangladesh. Don't know what's going in Bangladesh at the moment except India is trying to create some sort of a civil war in the country for whatever purposes, but I wish Bangladesh peace and prosperity.

India is very, very jealous that BD will outstrip it economically this decade and so this is one of the ways it can keep BD down and weak.

Without this Indian interference, BD economy would have been growing at least 8% a year by now.

 

[45'22']

India is very, very jealous that BD will outstrip it economically this decade and so this is one of the ways it can keep BD down and weak.

Without this Indian interference, BD economy would have been growing at least 8% a year by now.

India's gdp is around 1875 billion $ while bangldesh gdp is around 127 billion $

if bd grows at around 8 percent and India grows at around say 1 percent,it will take around 5 decades for bangldesh to cross India's economy

but might bd can do that in 5 years for sure

 

[UKBengali]

India's gdp is around 1875 billion $ while bangldesh gdp is around 127 billion $

if bd grows at around 8 percent and India grows at around say 1 percent,it will take around 5 decades for bangldesh to cross India's economy

but might bd can do that in 5 years for sure

GDP/capita mate.

btw, BD GDP is over 150 billion dollars when using the 2005 base year as India does.

 

[malgudi]

India is very, very jealous that BD will outstrip it economically this decade and so this is one of the ways it can keep BD down and weak.

Without this Indian interference, BD economy would have been growing at least 8% a year by now.

Ah there you are again with your idiocies. You have lost the argument many times and yet you keep harping on the issue again and again.

And keep blaming India. And then say India had 24 years head start. Blah blah...It is because of attitude like this,that BD is in the state that it is today. It the people of Bangladesh itself who have failed their nation.

 

[Anubis]

Amar gramer barir thanay total 84 jon vote dise!Democarcy in action!

 

[malgudi]

India's gdp is around 1875 billion $ while bangldesh gdp is around 127 billion $

if bd grows at around 8 percent and India grows at around say 1 percent,it will take around 5 decades for bangldesh to cross India's economy

but might bd can do that in 5 years for sure

When you are talking about GDP per capita, it is the PPP which matters.

And fact of the matter is, BD wont even be equal to pakistan( with all its civil war kinda situation) as per IMF estimates in 2018.

But try telling this to @UKBengali , he will start harping that India got a 24 year head start blah blah. And yet he says BD will economically outstrip India