After Awami poll ban, ex-PM Hasina warns of mass voter boycott

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New Delhi/Dhaka, Updated At : 04:32 AM Oct 30, 2025 IST

Sheikh Hasina. File

Millions of supporters of Bangladesh’s Awami League will boycott next year’s national election, after the party was barred from contesting the polls, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday from her exile in New Delhi. Hasina, 78, called the ban “unjust” and “self-defeating”.

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After Awami poll ban, ex-PM Hasina warns of mass voter boycott

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