With the election approaching, the Awami League and it’s President Shiekh Hasina’s approval rating has marked a sharp rise while the rating for BNP and its key ally Jammat suffered a blow, according to a report released by USA based International Research Institute (IRI).
Riding on the back of ‘development achievements’ and ‘the popularity of its leader,’ AL enjoys support from majority of the people but the BNP and Jamaat is likely to “face strong headwinds entering the 2018 election cycle because of their association with violence, intransigence and religious extremism”, according to the report.
The report is based on a series of focus group discussions (FGDs) conducted by IRI in eight divisions with each group having eight participants at least over the summer of 2017.
