A joke indeed
We urge the political big-wigs not to say that the January 5 general election and the recently held mayoral election were free and fair. We have to wince in pain hearing this, it is like rubbing salt on fresh wounds.
Though it was not first of April, the Election Commission played the April Fool joke on 28 April, people were duped about the deployment of armed forces during the voting process and cadres of the ruling party and members of law- enforcing agents were allowed to ensure that the government supported candidates come out victorious.
The wounds inflicted on the people will not heal, it will fester, unless and until an acceptable election is held.
Nur Jahan
Chittagong
