The newly formed National Citizens Party (NCP), which led the uprising against Sheikh Hasina, will also participate in the upcoming elections.

The Bangladesh Awami League has outright rejected the election schedule announced by the country’s interim government’s Election Commission for the February 12, 2026, terming the move by the EC as “illegal” and accusing Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor, Muhammad Yunus-led government of being a “killer-fascist” clique that cannot ensure a free and fair vote.

In a strongly worded statement issued on Thursday, the party stated that it has “closely reviewed the election schedule announced by the illegal, occupying, killer-fascist Yunus clique’s illegal Election Commission” and declared that the current administration cannot ensure transparency, neutrality,

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