India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma congratulated Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on her victory in the Bangladesh General Elections and securing her fifth term in power, news agency ANI reported, citing sources. Speaking to Hasina over a phone call, Verma conveyed warm greetings to her on behalf of the Indian government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
While speaking to Hasina, Verma expressed hope that during the new term of her government, there will be even stronger momentum and growth in the bilateral partnership in support of each other’s national development.
Verma also noted that India will continue to support the people of Bangladesh in realising their vision of a stable, progressive, and prosperous nation, guided by their long-standing friendship and inspired by their shared sacrifices of the Liberation War, ANI reported, citing sources.
On Sunday, Bangladesh PM Hasina secured a record fourth straight term as her Awami League party won two-thirds of the seats in the general elections marred by sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition BNP and its allies.
Hasina’s party bagged 200 seats in the 300-seat parliament while counting is still underway after the end of the day-long voting on Sunday, as reported by PTI.
"We can call Awami League winner with the already available results but the final announcement will be made after the end of the counting of votes in the rest of the constituencies,” an election commission spokesman told reporters, as quoted by news agency PTI.
Hasina won the Gopalganj-3 seat for the eighth time since 1986. She bagged 249,965 votes while her nearest rival M Nizam Uddin Lashkar from the Bangladesh Supreme Party secured just 469 votes.
The 76-year-old leader secured a record fourth consecutive term and fifth overall term in the one-sided election, which witnessed a low turnout. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader claimed that the people have rejected the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami’s boycott of the election by casting their ballots.