{"id":6248,"date":"2026-02-11T02:46:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=6248"},"modified":"2026-02-11T02:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:46:40","slug":"why-you-must-boycott-this-rigged-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=6248","title":{"rendered":"Why you must boycott this rigged election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Aminul Hoque Polash<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Dr. Muhammad Yunus\u2019s illegitimate interim regime is set to stage a thoroughly orchestrated national election and referendum on February 12. Having illegally ousted an elected government and seized power, Yunus has spent the past 18 months rushing to resolve every personal interest tied to himself while signing one anti-national agreement after another to please his foreign backers. Critical decisions on national security, the economy, natural resources, ports, and other vital sectors have been handed over to foreign hands. Thursday\u2019s so-called \u201celection\u201d is nothing more than a theatrical performance designed to grant legitimacy to all of Yunus\u2019s treasonous misdeeds.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ask yourself honestly: In the last 18 months, has this government done a single thing in the public interest? Right after grabbing power, the regime released top terrorists and militants from prison, turning Bangladesh into a safe haven for criminals. Murder, rape, mob violence, theft, robbery, mugging, and extortion have become everyday realities. Do you feel safe stepping out of your home anymore?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The economy is in freefall. Without undertaking any meaningful development work, this government has borrowed Tk4 lakh crore in just 18 months. Where did all that money go? Printing nearly Tk50,000 crore in new notes has driven inflation to record levels\u2014you feel the heat every time you go to the market. Investment has plummeted to historic lows. Yunus\u2019s press secretary once promised a \u201cflood of jobs.\u201d The grim truth? Hundreds of factories and industries have shut down, leaving at least 20 lakh people unemployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pure political self-interest and the desire to cling to power have wrecked relations with friendly nations. Just to favour one country, ties with others have been deliberately damaged\u2014business relationships sacrificed for short-term gain. Bangladesh will pay the price for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview With AP: Sheikh Hasina denounces election as fundamentally flawed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheikh Hasina: BNP should unban Awami League if voted to power<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheikh Hasina reveals her priorities after return to Bangladesh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yunus famously declared: \u201cWe will not go abroad; foreigners will come to us.\u201d He has indeed succeeded in that one promise: almost every country has now suspended or severely restricted visas for Bangladeshis. Foreigners do come\u2014but only to serve their own interests. Young people dreaming of higher education or a better life abroad should search online right now: see how slim your chances have become.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some may argue, \u201cLet the election happen anyway\u2014Yunus will leave afterwards.\u201d You are dangerously mistaken. The referendum bundled with this election is the final nail in the coffin of Bangladesh\u2019s democratic system. By rigging a \u201cYes\u201d victory in the referendum, Yunus aims to legalise all his crimes while amending the Constitution to install a governance model from which no future elected government can escape his anti-national decisions. Bangladesh will be reduced to a banana republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mirza Fakhrul\u2019s family must take responsibility for Ramesh Sen\u2019s death<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yunus\u2019 brutal police thugs muzzle jailed Awami League MP Sabina Akhter Tuhin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Survey: 50% of minorities anxious, 25% feeling unsafe under Yunus\u2019 mobocracy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And who stands to \u201cwin\u201d this farce? Either the BNP or the Jamaat-NCP alliance. Reflect for a moment on their conduct over the past 18 months. Did either raise even the mildest protest against a single anti-national act by Yunus? Did they launch any programmes for public welfare? The answer is a resounding no. Instead, driven by lust for power, they repeatedly posed for smiling photos with Yunus at Jamuna, acting as willing accomplices to every treasonous move of this illegal regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under this regime, freedom fighters have been humiliated with shoe garlands around their necks, and monuments to the Great Liberation War have been demolished. Independence Day and Victory Day parades have been cancelled; the Ekushey Book Fair shut down. Yet the so-called pro-liberation, \u201cprogressive\u201d BNP never uttered a word of protest. Its grassroots activists have been busy extorting money nationwide, seizing bus stands and tempo stands, while top leaders remained preoccupied with praising Yunus\u2014some even claiming they see General Ziaur Rahman in him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sajeeb Wazed: This election is illegitimate, won\u2019t resolve instability<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sajeeb Wazed reiterates election boycott, says forced reforms never last<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sajeeb Wazed Joy warns of Islamist takeover, urges international intervention<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Jamaat\u2014the party of war criminals\u2014is fully engaged in turning Bangladesh into a fundamentalist state, with active support from Pakistan\u2019s ISI. They have already placed their people in key positions across the country. All that remains is to rig the election results in their favour\u2014then the next phase of establishing a Taliban-style regime begins. Jamaat\u2019s attitude toward women\u2014half the population\u2014is crystal clear from their Amir\u2019s own words in an Al Jazeera interview: Bangladeshi women are \u201cnot yet ready for leadership.\u201d Yet for the past 33 years, since 1991, this country has twice elected women prime ministers and seen women as opposition leaders, speakers, home ministers, foreign ministers, justices, university vice-chancellors, major generals, and pilots. Jamaat\u2019s repeated failures\u2014its Amir\u2019s security forfeited three times\u2014fuel their resentment born of sheer impotence. Women of Bangladesh: close your eyes for a moment and ask, how have the last 18 months been for you? What kind of future awaits if they succeed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamaat\u2019s new ally, the freshly minted NCP (the so-called \u201cJuly ideal\u201d party), has done nothing since birth except appointment scams, favouritism rackets, extortion, and mob terror\u2014filling their pockets while contributing zero to the nation. Their only future is dissolution into Jamaat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Referendum: Yunus\u2019 press wing resorts to misinformation to vilify Shahdeen Malik<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postal Ballot Sham: Jamaat\u2019s filthy blueprint to rig farcical election, illegal referendum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hush-ups over publishing wealth statements of Yunus, his advisers continue<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to Yunus. In an interview with Mehdi Hasan at the UN General Assembly, he sneered that Bangladeshis sell their votes for Tk500\u20131,000, so quick elections are no solution. Recently, he declared that Bangladeshis are world champions in fraud. This is the real Yunus\u2014his contempt for the people of Bangladesh laid bare. And now this same man is staging a sham election to whitewash his crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think calmly for a moment: Do you want to become complicit in Yunus\u2019 anti-national betrayals? Do you want to grant legitimacy to the BNP or Jamaat-NCP alliance\u2014their accomplices\u2014so they can continue these treasonous acts? Do you want to throw away the Constitution written in the blood of 3 million martyrs? Do you want women confined to medieval domestic imprisonment? Do you want a Taliban-style state?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the answer to any of these is no, then boycott the rigged election on February 12. Do not go to the polling centre. Encourage others to stay away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We stand at a historic crossroads. Your thoughtful decision today is what can bring Bangladesh back to the right path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aminul Hoque Polash<\/a>: Former diplomat and security analyst.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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