Dhaka, May 27 -- The new US policy of visa cancellation is quite innovative and it has come as a great relief to our people in the hope that the government officials will not take the risk of rigging elections because punishment will be meted out not just to them directly involved but their immediate family members as well. In the past manipulating the election results in favour of the government was all benefit and no risk for them.

The assessment of the US government is so right that in Bangladesh the government officials of various sections are very much party to stealing election and use of state terrorism against the people to keep them in constant fear.

The government has been surviving with the help of corrupt ones to be found in...