Survey predicts BNP victory

[MBI Munshi]

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A number of organisations and international academic bodies have predicted that the BNP-led alliance will win the general election to be held on December 29. The organisations include London Institute of South Asia (LISA), Weekly Probenews and Bangladesh Manabadhikar Samonnay Paris-had (Bamasap).

Probenews and Bamasap predict that the BNP-led alliance will win an absolute majority bagging 154 to 155 constituencies, while LISA says, the BNP led alliance have nearly 10 per cent lead over the Awami League (AL) lead alliance. LISA conducted the survey from December 12 to 22 under the supervision of a team of academics headed by Dr M Abdul Mumin Chowdhury.

The other members of the team include Dr Nurul Islam Manjur, Dr Akhteruzzaman and Dr Harunu-ur-Rashid. From the respondents expressed voting intention nearly 10 per cent are still to make up their minds, LISA says about its survey.

The other significant findings of the survey are that the overwhelming majority are against army's involvement in the political process.

They are also against the meddling of representatives of foreign governments and international agencies and want the incoming elected government to curb this.

The people are also against granting port and transit facilities to India, a press release attaching the survey report of LISA says.

"Our survey gives the BNP-led alliance 9.57 percent lead over its challenger, the Awami League-led alliance," says LISA.

"By forming a much larger alliance AL expected to increase its votes in this election. Our survey clearly shows this expectation has not materialised," it observes.

"It is possible that the AL's role in ushering in the emergency and the unpopular unelected government, the latter's sanguinity to undercut the BNP as well as the party's endearment of the arch secularist and perceived anti-national parties, together with its pledge to give port and transit facilities to the 'neighbours,' which in popular perception stands for India, seem to have cost it dearly," LISA says.

The survey shows the percentage of the supporters of the Awami League-led alliance is proportionately higher in towns and cities than in rural areas, whereas in case of the BNP led alliance the opposite is true.

"The BNP led alliance's position appears to be unassailable. On this basis we predict that the BNP led alliance will win the election," it concludes.

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It's funny how Hasina talks. She claims to be a Muslim and yet she wants more secularism in Bangladesh as she wants to deface Islam from Bangladesh' society. I believe in an open society in Bangladesh since we're a very tolerant country but Hasina talks as if she wants to blindfold Islam from Bangladesh.

I hope AL doesn't win, Hasina will try to get her pathetic excuse of a son, Sajeeb Roy, to take charge of the AL after her. She'll kiss India's *** more and apologize to New Delhi every time BD Army retaliates to India's aggressive actions. On top of that she'll let Chittagong port and other ports of Bangladesh be use to India creating more trade deficiency for Bangladesh to India's dominance.

Bangladesh politics is a shadow of a monarchy an not a democracy.