Comments on news report

“US wants fresh polls by June,” published on January 17, 2014

Jafar Iqbal
Fresh poll in 2019 is the wish of Sheikh Hasina. How much power US holds to make it one day sooner?

Anonymous
It will take 5 minutes. All they have to do is make UN implement an existing law: no non-democratic country can take part in UN missions.

Aasfisarwar
We would like a fresh poll even earlier than June where a CTG or UN supervision must ensure that Rakib and Hasina can no more manipulate and engineer ballot box stuffing.

Mortuza Huq
If the international community does not want to see Bangladesh moving towards one-party rule, they must take this challenge of holding a credible election within months very seriously. The vast majority of the people of Bangladesh will support this stand.

Bangalee1971
My suggestion would be to hold a new election by the end of March 2014.

Tearful Bengali
Bangladesh should not bow down to the US. Election will be held when the situation is conducive and when the people of Bangladesh want. Let BNP go through a reform process that is very much needed not only for their survival but also for the survival of the nation. AL must also go through some badly needed soul searching. Jamaat issue must be dealt with first. An early election will not solve Bangladesh's existential problem.

Nasreen Chowdhury
We hope that Awami League and BNP have learnt from their mistakes and will respect the will of the people. Hold free and fair election without violence and regain credibility as a democratic country. It's not democracy when people are denied their voting rights. That's a violation of people's constitutional right, and that is more important than anything in a democracy.

Zman7
The whole nation and the world however know and have seen that the opposition not only threatened that they would not allow the Jan 5 election to take place, they carried out massive violence to scare away voters. Many voters therefore failed to go to the polling stations to cast their votes. And you are saying AL denied people's voting rights!!

Anonymous
Yes, they had an election where 5 % people voted. They failed to provide security. So stop blaming others.

Zman7
Don't you remember the fiery video-message of TZ in which he urged the BNP supporters to resist and stop the election at any cost? Fear of violence stopped a large number of people from going to the polling stations to cast their votes. And that is the reason for the low turnout in the election. And you are saying Al denied people's voting rights!

Anonymous
A few of us went to the polling station to cast our votes and to our surprise we came to know that our votes were already cast by someone.

Vikram Khan
Can Bangladesh demand polls in the US? I don't think so. Keep out of our business US; you've already done enough damage!