Bangladesh: The election that has turned into a one-woman show - BBC News

Bangladesh is holding general elections in January - Sheikh Hasina's hold on power looks unshakeable.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sheikh Hasina has been in power since 2009 - she's the daughter of the nation's founding fatherBy Anbarasan EthirajanBBC NewsBangladesh is holding general elections on 7 January - the result already looks inevitable.

With the main opposition parties boycotting the poll and many of their leaders jailed, the ruling Awami League is all set to be re-elected for a fourth straight parliamentary term.

The biggest of these opposition parties, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and its allies say they have no faith that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a free and fair election.

They called on her to step down and allow the polls to be held under a neutral interim government - a demand she rejected. So the candidates on the ballot will all be from the Awami League, its allies or independents.

"Democracy is dead in Bangladesh. What we are going to see in January is a fake election," Abdul Moyeen Khan, a senior BNP leader, told the BBC.

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