DHAKA: Awami League, the political party of Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, has strongly rejected the national elections of the country scheduled for February 12, 2026. The party has criticized the elections as illegal, biased and non-transparent, one that doesn’t reflect the will of the people.
The official statement from the Awami League also scrutinized the Election Commission as ‘illegal’ and called out the interim government under the Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus as ‘killer fascist Yunus clique’. The statement asserted that the scheduled elections are controlled by the ‘illegal government’s illegal election commission’. After carefully reviewing the announcements by the Bangladesh Election Commission, Awami League concluded that “It is now clear that the current occupying authority is entirely biased and that under their control it is impossible to ensure a fair and normal environment where transparency, neutrality and the people’s will can be reflected”.
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The political party Awami League has been banned in the country by the interim government since the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina regime in August 2024 as an impact of a massive students-led violent protest. Thus, Awami League, the largest party of the country is barred from contesting elections and its leaders are imprisoned and some are in exile, including Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Thus, the Bangladesh National party(BNP) led by the former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is the single-largest party contesting the elections which is also supported by the members of the interim government. The BNP doesn’t encounter a strong opposition in the elections as the Awami League is banned and other smaller parties are brought under the same coalition or the parties don’t have the scale and stamina to emerge as a strong national government.
The party that led the Liberation War is banned!
In the official statement, Awami League reiterated that elections are a measure of public popularity. The Awami League is an election-oriented party. The Awami League has the strength, courage and capacity to stand before the people. Since its founding, the Bangladesh Awami League has taken part in 13 elections, winning 9 of them and forming the government, the statement further added. Thus attempting to hold an election by excluding the Awami League-the party that led the Liberation War-along with other political parties and the majority of the population, is a scheme to push the country into a deep crisis, Awami League asserted.
Awami League demands to revoke all restrictions on the party
Awami League thus reiterated that revoking all the restrictions imposed on the party is the key to ensure free, fair, unbiased and transparent elections in Bangladesh. “To prevent the current crisis from escalating, all restrictions imposed on the Bangladesh Awami League must be lifted, all fabricated cases against Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina, national leaders and people from all walks of life must be withdrawn, all political prisoners must be released unconditionally and the current deceitful occupying government must be replaced with a neutral caretaker government to hold a free and participatory election”, the official release by the Awami League exclaimed.
The upcoming national elections of Bangladesh is set to decide the political course and socio-economic, democratic prospects of the country which is currently entangled in civil unrest, violent protests, large-scale imprisonment of critical voices, economic crisis, lack of judicial independence and democratic freedom and other corruptive practices. However, will these bottlenecks be solved? Will there be a transparent election reflecting the aspirations of the people, is also a serious apprehension given the current political fabric of the country.
