What a farce!

After casting her vote in the city corporation election, our PM said, ''It's pleasant to see one can exercise his voting rights in a peaceful atmosphere, free from any interference and fear.” Unfortunately, we cannot agree with our PM because the reality was totally different. Through electronic and print media, we have come to learn about the massive anomalies and vote rigging in the polling booths. Journalists were assaulted and voters threatened while the ruling party men stuffed ballot boxes with stamped ballot papers.  I wonder if power makes people so blind that they can't see anything.  

Torikul Islam, Dhaka University