An Analytical Study of Conflict and Democracy in Bangladesh

Abstract

Bangladesh (East Pakistan during 1947-71) is an important country of South Asia. In 1971, a civil war broke out in East Pakistan and resultantly it became an independent country. In the start, the ruling power of the country was transferred to Sheikh Mujib ur Rehman, the most prominent leader of that time in Bangladesh. After coming in power he introduced some amendments in constitution according to his own will. He also used an ethnic policy against the Pro-Pakistanis who were residing in Bangladesh that time. This led to a long military rule that was initiated by Zia ur Rehman. With the passage of time, the democratic rule revived in 1990 when both of the major political parties of Bangladesh decided to form a caretaker government to hold the general elections. The caretaker government played important role in the formation and smooth process of Bangladesh democracy. But the current ruling government has dismissed the intervention of caretaker government by 15th amendment in constitution. In the current scenario of democracy in Bangladesh there are many drawbacks which explain that the true spirit of democracy is not being applied in the country. Secondary or document analysis technique is adopted in current study. Researchers tried to explore the critical findings of Bangladeshi democracy.