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IntroductionThe January 05 of 2015 was the anniversary of the poll that took place a year backletting 153 members of parliament to win uncontested of the total 300 constituencies.The poll was termed as a farcical one by the British weekly The Economist.Within a day of the poll, governments and international organisations condemned theway the election was carried out.In a press statement, US State Department spokesperson Marie Harf said Washingtonwas "disappointed", as the results of the election "did not appear to credibly express thewill of the Bangladeshi people". 1The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Kamalesh Sharma also decried the"limited levels of participation and the low voter turnout". 2UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed the UN's sadness that the election wasnot peaceful and all-inclusive. 3Amid worldwide concerns to engage in dialogue in order to figure out the system underwhich a credible, inclusive and transparent poll can be held as soon as possible, AwamiLeague government quashed off any possibility of dialogue in next five years. 4Though the opposition camp made repeated calls to hold a dialogue for an inclusive andparticipatory poll, the government lambasted every single call.On the other hand, the government intensified its killing spree all around the nation.According to Ain O Salish Kendra, a Bangladeshi Human Rights body, at least 128 peoplewere killed in “crossfire” and 88 disappeared across the country in 2014, mostlyopposition party members. 5The human rights situation in Bangladesh was alarming in 2014, adding that theincidents of “crossfire” have sharply been increased in the year. The incidents ofcrossfire rose 80% comparing to 2013. 6Some 147 people were killed in 664 incidents of political violence in 2014 while 8373others received injuries. Some 24 people were killed in incidents of violence, centeringJanuary 5 polls while 11 were killed during upazila elections. 7In such an alarming situation, the leader of people Begum Khaleda Zia tabled sevenpoints proposal, demanding a fresh poll in order to reinstate the democracy which wasbanished in the January 5 election of 2014. 8Very shortly, Awami League leaders rejected the proposal. Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, jointgeneral secretary of the Awami League (AL), said that the ruling party has rejected the3 | P age