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New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) In Bangladesh, several rights groups and media reports have highlighted the dearth of women candidates in the general election, despite the founding fathers and current leaders having pledged to make politics equally accessible to men and women. In the run-up to the 13th national election, too, reports had flagged “systemic design and failure” as the main reasons. This year, a total of 51 political parties took part in Thursday’s election, where there are 1,981 can…