Upazila election
No election was held at upazila level since the system was disbanded during the early the nineties by the then BNP government. It was one of the root causes of BNP's defeat in the parliamentary election in 1996. The Awami League also faced a debacle for not reintroducing the upazila system during their tenure. The upazila system was popular and accepted by the local people as their government within the people's reach. It is not understood why the major political parties were apprehensive of the move taken by the caretaker government to hold the local government election in October or earlier. By and large, people are supporting the present government's initiatives in holding the election.
This is more so because people's perception is that such election will be free from any political or administrative influence now.
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