Recent months have seen the political climate in Bangladesh shift toward an election year. Both the ruling and opposing parties have resumed their regular election-time operations. The progress made over the past 14 years is being presented to the public on behalf of the ruling party. The opposition parties have also declared their determination to boycott the elections unless they are held after the existing government has been overthrown and a caretaker government has been installed. People in Bangladesh heard similar rhetoric from the opposition in the 2014 and 2018 elections. The opposition party then announced that the government would be forced to hold elections under a caretaker government. They simultaneously announced that they would boycott the elections. Since the coalition hasn't been able to bring back the caretaker government, they used violence to prevent the 2014 and 2018 elections.