Dhaka, March 12 -- As Bangladesh's new parliament readies its first session, allegations of "election engineering" threaten to overshadow the nation's first polls since the July Uprising.

From the start of campaigning for the parliamentary polls, concerns over potential "election engineering" surfaced, initially voiced by several BNP candidates.

At that time, the ruling party's rival was hinted to be Jamaat-e-Islami, and the party echoed similar concerns in response.

Following the polls, Jamaat, along with its two coalition partners -- the National Citizens Party (NCP) and Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis -- formally raised allegations of election manipulation.

They specifically implicated Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman and former interim...