Bangladesh: Doubt about the credibility of elections due to crowd violence and attacks on minorities

New -Delhi, September 14 (IANS) After removing former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from Post in Bangladesh in 2024, the promise of restoring democracy encouraged the increasing chaos, mobile and radical groups, which raised the doubts about the credibility of elections under the Interim Administration of the Nobel Prize. Hasina’s dramatic collapse was seen as an opportunity to re -establish Bangladesh politics, but the absence of strong institutions and factional division soon created no power. Yunus’s caretaker, seen as a technical bridge, controlled widespread chaos instead. According to a report by The European Times, the right groups documented 637 incidents across the country in the year after the departure of Hasina, in which justice was replaced by the crowd instead of the formal dispute resolution. The report said: “In January 2025, the police themselves accepted the scope of violence and released a controversial report in which an attempt was made to reduce the common aspect. From 1.769 attacks on minorities, officials claimed that more than 1,200 religiously was motivated by” politically inspired “, of which only 20 was classified as a poverty.” Police are often accused of collusion or action, and this has not restored the public’s confidence. Minority communities remain the most vulnerable. Between August 2024 and 2025, monitoring recorded 2,442 incidents of common violence on Hindus, Buddhists, Christians and Ahmadis, including arson, murders and sexual assaults. In a United Nations report in February 2025, it was warned against deliberate attacks on minorities and indigenous groups and accused the interim government of not taking action. Local leaders say that only nominal investigation was started, only 62 cases were registered and 35 arrests were registered. Strikingly radical votes are also gaining momentum. In March, thousands of Hizb-Tahrir supporters openly pulled out a march in Dhaka in which the Islamic Khilafat demanded. Universities and media institutions are now facing threats, while women have reported increasing harassment in public places. The weakened safety environment expressed concern about the viability of the upcoming election in the South Asian country. Analysts argue that minority candidates and secular voices cannot fight independently without law and order; Voting buses cannot work safely, and voters cannot participate in the vote without fear. -Ians DKP/