India, Jan. 26 -- As elections draw near, it is becoming clear that although Bangladesh will vote, the democracy it ushers in may be a farce. After the elections were announced and the date of 12 February 2026 fixed, the caretaker government led by Mohammed Yunus has been overstepping its mandate and taking decisions that are an outright attack on democracy and would make the election a mere eyewash. Its decision to ban the Awami League, one of the top parties in the country, would render the entire exercise redundant. Bangladesh's next general elections are officially scheduled for 12 February 2026. This election will be the first after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ouster in 2024. Sheikh Hasina remains in exile, but her party wa...