The picture of the 13th parliamentary elections held in Bangladesh has become clear. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has won 213 out of 299 seats. Tariq Rahman, who is leading the party, will be the next Prime Minister of Bangladesh, he can take oath on 14 February. At the same time, Jamaat-e-Islami alliance was reduced to 70 seats. After the GenZ Protest and elections, the political developments in Bangladesh seem to be changing rapidly. Now former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wajed has given a big statement regarding the Bangladesh elections.

The interim government led by Mohammad Yunus had banned former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami Party from contesting elections. Sheikh Hasina is living at some secret place in India after being out of Bangladesh. Meanwhile, his son Sajeeb Wajed has given a big statement in an interview regarding the return of his party in Bangladesh and contact with BNP. In an interview given to CNN-News 18, Sajib Wajed described Bangladesh Nationalist Party as the biggest party of the country and hinted at opening the way for dialogue.

‘The party will make a comeback in Bangladesh’

During the interview, Sajib Wajed said, “Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is a big political party in the country. We will contact them soon. During the conversation, he said that due to the ban on Awami League, BNP got an open field in the elections. He also emphasized that Awami League will make a comeback in the coming time. Wajed further said, Awami League is not going anywhere, the people of Bangladesh love our party. We will make a comeback in Bangladesh.”

BNP gets full majority in Bangladesh elections

BNP has got absolute majority in the parliamentary elections held in Bangladesh. Tariq Rahman can take oath as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on 14 February. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also congratulated BNP on its election victory and talked about working together.

All eyes were on the performance of Nahid Islam, one of the prominent faces of the student movement, and his party in the 13th parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. When the election results came, Naheed Islam was successful in winning the election, but his party had a bad situation in the election. Nahid Islam is among those leaders who led the ‘anti-discrimination’ student movement against the Awami League government of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in July last year.

Won the election from Dhaka-11 seat

Nahid Islam has won from Dhaka-11 constituency. Nahid got 93,872 votes. His nearest rival was Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate MA Qayyum, who got 91,833 votes. Nahid Islam won by a margin of 2,039 votes. Voting was held in Dhaka-11 seat at 163 polling stations, including postal ballots. There are a total of 4,39,075 voters in this constituency, out of which 1,96,370 voted. A total of 3,517 votes were declared invalid, leaving 1,92,853 valid votes.

Nahid Islam had formed his own party

Nahid Islam had joined the interim government formed in Bangladesh as an information advisor. Later he resigned from the cabinet. Nahid Islam had formed the National Citizen Party (NCP). In the parliamentary elections, National Citizen Party had formed an alliance with Jamaat-e-Islam and contested on 30 seats. However, the performance of the party was nothing special. NCP had boasted of contesting the elections alone without forming an alliance with any party, but as the elections approached, all the equations changed and the party contested the elections in alliance with the Jamaat-e-Islam, on which it boasted of never trusting.

Accused of fraud in elections

NCP spokesperson and party’s Central Election Management Committee Chairman Asif Mahmood Shojib Bhuiyan, while addressing a press conference in Dhaka on February 13 (Friday) morning, alleged rigging and fraud in many seats in Dhaka. NCP spokesperson and chairman of the party’s Central Election Management Committee Asif Mahmood Shojeeb Bhuiyan said, “Psychological pressure and administrative manipulation were being used to change the results, especially in constituencies where top leaders of the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance had contested.”

BNP’s bumper victory

Tariq Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) alliance has won 213+ seats out of 299 seats. It is almost clear that Tariq Rahman will be the next Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also posted on Twitter congratulating Tariq Rehman on his victory and expressed his desire to strengthen relations together and pursue common development goals.