Why this farce of elections?

Fair, free and credible election is prerequisite for establishing democracy. It also depends greatly on the effectiveness of the election commission. But recent election-related reports give us the picture that in this country we have made a mockery of democracy. We have seen massive vote rigging, stuffing of ballot boxes and capturing of polling centres in the last few days. The entire nation is disappointed at the farcical and controversial activities of the election commission. If muscle power is everything to go to power, then why is this drama of elections? It only costs this poor country a huge sum of money.
Nilufar Yeasmin Lima
Dept. of Business Administration
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology