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Opposition parties in Bangladesh have accused Prime Minister Tariq Rahman of election irregularities. He says that Tariq Rehman is an engineer who manipulates the election results.
The opposition alleges that ‘engineering’ i.e. manipulation was done in the elections and due to this BNP got more than 200 seats. After almost 20 years, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) achieved a big victory in the general elections in Bangladesh.
The Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance of 11 parties and its ally National Citizen Party (NCP) have alleged that large-scale irregularities took place in many seats.
Tariq Rehman is 12th pass
NCP leader Naseeruddin Patwari first called Tariq Rehman an ‘engineer’ on Facebook. His post reached millions of people and was followed by a flood of memes and jokes on social media. Many people shared pictures created by AI, in which Tariq Rehman was shown wearing an engineer’s helmet.
Some people sarcastically wrote that ‘Engineer passed from London’, because Tariq Rehman had lived in exile in London for 17 years. In another post it was written that ‘Became an engineer without studying.’
According to media reports, in his affidavit, Tariq Rehman has stated his educational qualification as ‘Higher Secondary’ i.e. up to 12th.
Tariq Rehman took oath as PM on 17 February. A man became the Prime Minister of Bangladesh after 35 years.
Complaint lodged with the Election Commission
NCP leader Asif Mehmood claimed that he had evidence of tampering with the results. He said that in some places the winners were declared even before the counting of votes was completed and the figures were changed.
Jamaat chief Shafiqur Rehman also said that voting went well, but there were irregularities during counting. He has also filed a formal complaint with the Election Commission regarding 32 seats.
When Tariq Rehman was asked in the press conference on 14 February whether he did ‘engineering’ to win the election, he replied in a calm tone that his ‘engineering’ was only that he convinced people to vote in his favor.
Tariq Rehman is the son of former President and former Prime Minister.
Tariq Rehman is the son of former President Ziaur Rehman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. He joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in 1988. He gained recognition for his organizational work in the 2001 elections, but after 2006, he was accused of corruption and was arrested in 2007.
In 2008, he went to London for treatment and remained out of the country for about 17 years. During this time, he became the senior vice president of the party and later the working president. Many cases were registered against him, but later the courts acquitted him.
Last year he returned to Bangladesh and took charge of the party after the death of his mother. After the victory of BNP in the recent elections, Tariq Rehman became the Prime Minister of the country.
BNP+alliance secured 212 seats
BNP registered a big victory in the general elections held in Bangladesh last Thursday. According to Prothom Olo, the BNP+ alliance secured 212 seats out of 299.
The alliance of 11 parties led by Jamaat-e-Islami got 77 seats. BNP government was formed in the country after almost 20 years. Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League was in power there from 2008 to 2024.
Tariq had contested elections from two seats and won both. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had congratulated Tariq Rehman on his victory. He said, ‘Congratulations to my brother Tariq, his team and everyone else.
In Bangladesh, a man became the Prime Minister after 35 years. Qazi Zafar Ahmed became Prime Minister in 1988. After this, former PM Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia dominated the country’s politics from 1991 to 2024. Both of them continued to become Prime Ministers.
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