Bangladesh’s main political party filed a case on Sunday (June 22, 2025) in opposition to former election commissioners it accuses of rigging previous polls to maintain now-ousted autocrat Sheikh Hasina in energy.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) stated it had lodged a criticism in opposition to 19 individuals together with Ms. Hasina, who fled in August following weeks of protest in opposition to her rule.
“We have brought allegations of violating the constitution, breaching the electoral code of conduct, assisting a political party to win despite holding government positions, unleashing a reign of terror, and falsely declaring candidates as winners despite their failure to secure enough votes,” Salauddin Khan, a senior BNP chief, instructed reporters.
The BNP claimed Ms. Hasina’s election wins in 2014, 2018 and 2024 had been achieved by way of repressive actions in opposition to opposition events.
Among these named in its case lodged at a Dhaka police station are three former prime election commissioners — Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, KM Nurul Huda, and Kazi Habibul Awal.
Other officers accused by the BNP embrace extra election commissioners, fee secretaries, senior police and intelligence officers, and Ms. Hasina’s inside minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. All are now not in workplace.
The party alleged that regardless of repeated requests to the election fee, no steps had been taken over time to make sure a degree enjoying subject.
Instead, some opposition candidates had been killed, subjected to enforced disappearances, or confronted varied types of persecution.
According to the BNP, Hasina maintained her grip on energy by way of her inside minister and senior police and intelligence officers, whereas the election fee turned a blind eye and declared her party’s candidates the winners.
Bangladesh’s interim chief Muhammad Yunus this month ordered the related authorities our bodies to convey these allegedly chargeable for irregularities on the election fee to justice.
