Sajeeb Wazed, son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, criticized the upcoming February 12 election in Bangladesh, labeling it as a staged drama rather than a transparent democratic process. He accused the interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus and backed by the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, of orchestrating the election to legitimize a rigged outcome. Wazed expressed concerns that the same strategy used by extremist fundamentalist forces in the past was being employed again to manipulate the election.
Efforts to legitimize what he termed as a rigged election in Bangladesh are underway, according to Wazed. He highlighted that the government led by Yunus, supported by Jamaat-e-Islami, was not aiming to celebrate democracy through the election but rather to promote fundamentalism. Wazed emphasized that the election process seemed predetermined, with the government’s agenda taking precedence over the will of the people.
Wazed urged the people of Bangladesh to make a critical choice regarding the election, emphasizing the decision’s impact on the future of the nation. He presented the election as a dilemma between participating in what he viewed as a staged event to endorse fundamentalism or rejecting it to safeguard the country’s future. Wazed stressed that the exclusion of the Awami League, a key party in Bangladesh’s independence movement, from the election undermined its legitimacy, portraying it as a ploy to seize power.
The former Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh criticized the Yunus government for steering the country towards chaos since assuming power. Wazed highlighted threats to the economy, security, and social harmony under the current regime, attributing these issues to a focus on promoting fundamentalism and militancy. He called on the citizens to boycott the election, framing it as an illegal and rigged process that jeopardized the nation’s future.
