Tensions mount in Bangladesh ahead of the February 12 elections, as exiled ex-ambassador Mohammad Harun Al Rashid unleashes a blistering attack, calling it the worst election the country has ever seen. Delivered in an interview with the Trinko Centre for Strategic Studies, his assessment paints a grim picture of manipulated democracy.
‘Yunus has mastered the art of prettifying disasters to save his skin, but this poll will be Bangladesh’s ugliest ever,’ Rashid asserted, directly challenging interim leader Muhammad Yunus. He predicted accountability is imminent for Yunus’s repackaging of rot as reform.
The vote, per Rashid, is a sham showdown between 2024 jihadist alliance splinters: BNP with Brotherhood echoes versus Jamaat’s Hamas-style extremism. ‘No real democrats allowed—Yunus is engineering results for his puppets, including Jamaat and NCP thugs from the fake quota uprising that masked terror,’ he exposed.
From secular republic to terror den, Bangladesh’s fall under Yunus undoes decades of Hasina-forged prosperity, identity, and liberation heritage. Rashid termed it ‘barbarism against civilization’s progress in the 21st century.’
Countering Yunus’s saintly Western halo, Rashid branded him an ‘international conman,’ adept at seducing global powers with eloquence over substance. As ballots are cast, this insider’s verdict fuels doubts on the election’s fairness, spotlighting risks to stability and secularism in a polarized nation.