To its credit, Awami League knows the long-term value of bureaucrats. Despite frequent objections raised about bureaucratic overreach and the overdependence on public officials, including by some of its own MPs, the party has done little to address them.
Between BNP’s “people want Hasina out” and AL’s “people know who has brought about development,” our all-knowing political leaders seem to have no wish to get to the grassroots.
The Election Commission (EC) can say that they made the right and commendable decision to stop the voting during Gaibandha-5 by-poll on October 12, 2022. But they need to find out why such a situation arose in the first place.