Election that could be avoided

As a young citizen of Bangladesh, I have always been against the violence carried out during hartals and blockades, targeting common people. Whether those are carried out by BNP, Jamaat, or Awami League, we do not know. But the ultimate victims of this violence are the common people of Bangladesh. However, the ruling party has remained oblivious to the sufferings of the common people, and made little efforts to initiate dialogues, which could have prevented loss of many innocent lives and saved billions of Taka. Instead, they have gone ahead with a one-party January 5 election where 153 candidates have been elected uncontested. Had Awami League cared for the people, they would have deferred the polls, as suggested by the civil society, and arranged an acceptable election. We are unfortunate that we live in a country where fighting for power is the only thing the parties do.
Tauhidul Islam
A-Level candidate
Uttara, Dhaka