Bangladesh’s Make or Break Election

About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming Bangladesh election and its implications.

Beyond the Indus host Tushar Shetty is joined by Dr. Smruti Pattanaik and Dr. Mubashar Hasan to discuss Bangladesh’s February 12 election. They explore the competing electoral alliances and election manifestos, issues surrounding mob violence and its impact on electoral legitimacy, the long shadow of the Awami League and its future in Bangladesh, the challenges that the new government will face, and the future of the Bangladesh-India relationship.

People in this episode

Host: Tushar Shetty

Guests: Dr. Smruti Pattanaik, Dr. Mubashar Hasan

Topics covered

• Bangladesh election
• electoral alliances
• mob violence
• electoral legitimacy
• Awami League
• Bangladesh-India relationship

Keywords

• Bangladesh
• election
• Awami League
• mob violence
• electoral legitimacy
• India
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Awami League

Places: Bangladesh, India

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