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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling alliance Monday swept to a landslide victory in the general elections, securing a third straight term, an outcome that would be good news for India’s ties with Dhaka, especially on the national security front.
The opposition alliance, comprising jailed ex-premier Khaleda Zia's BNP and some small parties, rejected the poll outcome as “farcical” and demanded fresh election. The Election Commission, however, ruled out holding a fresh election.
Hasina, too, rejected the Opposition’s complaints of vote rigging and said people had gone to the polls enthusiastically in a largely peacefully general election.
Hasina won a third straight
