Bangladesh PM Hasina says opposition boycotting general election because they found no scope of 'rigging'

Bangladesh PM Hasina says opposition boycotting general election because they found no scope of 'rigging'

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is boycotting Sunday's general election because they found no scope to rig the polls.

Hasina said the BNP had tried to foil the 2014 parliamentary election through violence but failed.

“Now they are out to thwart the 12th parliamentary election slated for January 7 for which they are once again burning people to death through arson violence and subversive acts,” she said.