come on india wont have any care taker govt during election that does'nt mean that our elections are rigged!!
That is why we have taken the responsibility of maturing the nascent democratic process in Bangladesh. Bangladesh should consider itself fortunate to have the largest democracy of the world as an ally.
Well, India has managed to come off as a more matured democracy relative to its neighbors.
And that is due to India's leadership, and largely in part its size and vast demographic profile. It would never have been easy for any leader to manipulate elections for his/her own benefit in a country like India. Elections are only part of a democracy though.
Bangladesh, being dominated by those two
netris did not manage to mature Bangladesh's democracy for the past 20+ years by one bit. Many said that there would be no more
hartals since Bangladesh embraced democracy in the post-Ershad era. How wrong they were.
Neither of them have any decent educational/experienced background. Khaleda Zia used to gut fishes in the kitchen before becoming leader. And that's just because she was wife of late Ziaur Rahman. In turn, Hasina since her late dad was Mujib. It's like: "I bear the name Sheikh before my name, and hence I am Prime Minister."
Both of them want to remain as undisputed. This turned into a family feud of epic proportions to the level of village politics. And since Bangladesh is a small, and relatively homogeneous country, it was, and still is easy for them. If they couldn't even respect election results, then how can they mature their nation and society into a democracy? They were, and still are failing. That is where the army-backed caretaker government comes in to defuse that tension, and ensure credible elections under the watchful eyes of the UN (should that even happen?).
Nonetheless, there were significant vote-rigging during the previous caretaker administration that lasted for two years, and that long period, along with their 'minus two' strategy was technically illegal in Bangladesh. The economy in turn was hit hard, and that momentum would take generations to recover. And when that happened, that gave an open invitation for foreign powers to intervene. It happened on 1/11, and still happening in the so-called war crimes trials.
This is unlike India. Or any other country with a democracy.
And no offense, if something like that happened in India, there would not have been any of it left, but little, tiny and funny-shaped pieces. It's leaders managed to make the motto of "India first" clear to every citizen in India. And hence, the will and the commitment of their population for India to progress in every field is genuinely there, exists and difficult to destroy it. This aspect is almost non-existent in Bangladesh. Coupled with very fragile and volatile politics.
I do hope that Bangladesh someday doesn't need this caretaker concept. And I do hope that we don't need the army to count votes. Maybe I'm just dreaming....
