Sheikh Hasina, 3 former chief election commissioners sued over holding ‘fake elections’

A lawsuit has been filed at the present time (18 September) in Chattogram against 18 folks, including faded top minister Sheikh Hasina and three faded chief election commissioners, accusing them of orchestrating unfaithful parliamentary elections in 2014, 2018, and 2024.

The complaint change into once brought by Md Ekramul Karim, faded total secretary of the Chittagong Metropolitan unit of BNP and a 70-year-former resident of Chatteswari Avenue within town’s Chawkbazar space.

The complaint claims that these elections were held without public participation and resulted within the declaration of unelected members of parliament.

The court has ordered the investigation to proceed, with a thunder anticipated within the arriving weeks.

Karim alleged that the public change into once deprived of their vote casting rights at some level of these elections, and unelected folks were placed in positions of energy.

Plaintiff’s lawyer, Recommend Kofil Uddin confirmed the filing of the case and stated the case change into once filed in line with the repeated maintaining of “unfaithful parliamentary elections” and the manipulation of electoral outcomes to repeat non-elected folks as members of Parliament.

The most fundamental figures named within the case consist of three faded Chief Election Commissioners — Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmad, KM Nurul Huda, and Kazi Habibul Awal — along with quite a lot of different election commissioners and secretaries, including quite a lot of election commissioners. Outdated bridge minister Obaidul Quader change into once moreover named as a “unfaithful nationwide parliament member.”