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As a candidate, I urge you to vote for the 'boat' symbol. Voting for the 'boat' will allow me to support you,\" said Hasina while campaigning for her party at an election rally on Tuesday.\u003cbr/\u003eThe opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) says it is concerned that the government used its majority in parliament to change the constitution.\u003cbr/\u003e\"They've amended the constitution and repealed the caretaker government system from the constitution,\" said the BNP's Chief Whip Joynal Abedin Faruq, adding that if not for those changes \"the election could've been held under the Election Commission, accepted by all parties, and under a neutral person, like the days in the past.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIn recent weeks, much of the capital, Dhaka, has been cut off from the rest of the country as the opposition presses its demands through general strikes and transportation blockades.\u003cbr/\u003eCivilians have been caught up in the bloodshed as activists torch vehicles of motorists who defy the strikes, leading to a growing sense of desperation over the political impasse.\u003cbr/\u003eMore than 150 people have died in unrest since October.\u003cbr/\u003eThe European Union, the British Commonwealth and the US are not sending observers for the election, with Washington saying it is disappointed the major political parties had not reached consensus on how to hold free, fair, and credible elections.\u003cbr/\u003eThe government has nevertheless pledged that the vote would be credible, but a non-governmental organisation Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) that works to improve democracy and governance in Bangladesh is worried about what will happen.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Unfortunately, the government is adamant about going ahead. And this will lead to, since the BNP has declared to oppose the election and resist the election, this could lead to serious violence,\" said Sujan's General Secretary, Badiul Alam Majumder. \u003cbr/\u003e\"That would not be conducive to strengthening our democratic process. In fact, this will hurt our democratic process,\" he added. \u003cbr/\u003eBangladesh has a grim history of political violence, including the assassinations of two presidents and 19 failed coup attempts since its independence from Pakistan in 1971.\u003cbr/\u003eSquabbling between Hasina and opposition leader Khaleda Zia has become a bitter sideshow.\u003cbr/\u003eThe two women have dominated Bangladeshi politics for two decades, which is more a reflection of South Asia's penchant for political dynasties than of the role of women in this Muslim nation.\u003cbr/\u003eA key factor in the latest dispute is the role of Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Islamic political party.\u003cbr/\u003eThe party is a key ally of Zia, and was a coalition partner in the government she led from 2001 to 2006, but last month one of its key leaders Abdul Quader Mollah was executed.\u003cbr/\u003eMollah was the first person to be hanged for war crimes in Bangladesh under an international tribunal established in 2010 to investigate atrocities stemming from the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.\u003cbr/\u003eThe case remains politically volatile because most of those being tried are connected to the opposition.\u003cbr/\u003eEven as hundreds of people rejoiced at news of Mollah's execution, others launched violent protests and torched homes and businesses belonging to government supporters.\u003cbr/\u003eAs the political situation unravels, Bangladesh is trying to emerge from suffocating poverty and reinvigorate its 20 billion (b) US dollars garment industry which has been rocked by a series of disasters, including a factory collapse in April that killed more than 1,100 workers.\u003cbr/\u003e31 December 2013 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of Awami League supporters marching at an election rally holding banners and paper boats, the Awami League party symbol\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina walking up steps\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Chairwoman of Awami League:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm a candidate of this constituency. As a candidate, I urge you to vote for the 'boat' symbol. Voting for the 'boat' will allow me to support you. I've come to receive your blessing for that.\"\u003cbr/\u003e1 January 2014\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of police and crowd outside the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson's residence\u003cbr/\u003e3 January 2014\u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) patrolling the city\u003cbr/\u003e2 January 2014\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of opposition Chief Whip Joynal Abedin Faruq sitting with other BNP Members of Parliament and officials in the Parliament building\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Joynal Abedin Faruq, Chief Whip of Bangladesh Nationalist Party:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The present problem has been created by the Awami League. Taking advantage of their majority (seats in the parliament), they've amended the constitution and repealed the caretaker government system from the constitution. It's they who've created the crisis. If the crisis (over election process) had not been, the election could've been held under the Election Commission, accepted by all parties, and under a neutral person, like the days in the past.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: 13 December 2013\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of police running in street during clashes\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: 29 December 2013\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of police firing at protesters\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: 13 December 2013\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various of vehicles set alight\u003cbr/\u003e2 January 2014\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid of Dr Badiul Alam Majumder of the democracy-promoting non-governmental organisation Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan), entering a conference room \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Badiul Alam Majumder, General Secretary of Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik:\u003cbr/\u003e\"(The) diplomatic community has been trying to convince the government and the opposition to come to negotiate a settlement. And they have been in the last few months, and especially last few days, trying to convince the government to postpone the election. But unfortunately, the government is adamant about going ahead. And this will lead to, since the BNP has declared to oppose the election and resist the election, this could lead to serious violence. And this could push us to an uncertain future. And we would be in uncharted water. And that would not be conducive to strengthening our democratic process. In fact, this will hurt our democratic process. So we are concerned as citizens.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. 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