Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Renewing its criticism of the February 12 polls, the currently-banned Awami League, highlighting reports from election observers over the twin vote, has charged that the polls were anything but free and fair.
The party noted that observers have raised fresh concerns about the integrity of the polls, stating that critics of the vote have raised allegations of rampant electoral engineering and a "systematic manipulation of the process under the interim administration led by the former Chief Advisor Md Yunus."Referring to the findings of Transparency International Bangladesh, which monitored voting in 70 constituencies, the party noted on its X that as per the organisation's assessment, over 21.4% of ballots cast in the samp...