In Bangladesh, a ‘dress rehearsal’ for national polls

In Bangladesh, a ‘dress rehearsal’ for national polls

By Haroon Habib

The results also proved that the caretaker government’s avowed ‘mission’ to bring honest and clean public representatives did fall short somewhat. Media reports said that a large number of people with “criminal records” contested and even won the polls. Awami League leader and Sylhet city Mayor Badruddin Ahmed Kamran was put behind bars by the caretaker government on charges of corruption, but he won by a record number of votes, becoming Mayor for the second time. It is not yet known whether the government will release such politicians as many such candidates got a “clean chit” by virtue of the mandate they got.

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