NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY

Pol 101: Political Science
Section: 04

The Care-Taker Government of Bangladesh
SEMESTER: Spring 2015
PREPARED FOR:
Mr. Mahbub-Ur Rahman (MbU)
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Prepared by
Mohammad ShaikhAshfaq Id# 102 0668 030
Md. Jahir Shah Id# 101 0830 030 Sheikh Foysal Id# 142 0302 030 Amir Kushru Id# 111 0413 030 Md. Raihan Uddin Id# 113 0923 630 Tareq Ibne Aziz Id#1110614030

Table of Contents

Introduction……………………………………………………………………..Pg. Caretaker Governments of Bangladesh………………………………………...Pg. The Crisis faced on Ninth Parliamentary Election ……………………………Pg. Constitutional Validity of Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmad’s Care-taker Government..Pg. Primary Data Analysis…………………………………………………………..Pg. Secondary Data Analysis………………………………………………………..Pg. Findings…………………………………………………………………………Pg. Recommendation………………………………………………………………..Pg. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………Pg. Appendix………………………………………………………………………...Pg.

Introduction
Caretaker Governments of Bangladesh
A caretaker government was first introduced in 1990 when three party alliances jointly made a demand for it. It was constitutionalized in 1996 by the Parliament. A Caretaker government is headed by a Chief Adviser who enjoys the same power as the regular prime minister of the country except defense matters. The Advisors function as Ministers. Since 1996, the Caretaker government has held the elections of 1996, 2001 and 2008. The demand for neutral caretaker government largely originated from a lack of trust in the Political government under which the election was held. To understand the background of this demand, one has to at least briefly look at the political history of Bangladesh After Bangladesh gained its independence in 1971, the first Parliamentary elections were held on 7th March 1973.These were by and large considered free and fair elections, Although there were some alleged cases of rigging, ballot snatching and ballot box stuffing in some constituencies. It’s generally believed that the practice of rigging was started when General Zia-ur-Rehman held a referendum in 1977. The first Parliamentary elections were held by him on 7th May, 1986. The next two elections were Presidential and Parliamentary one. Those elections, held on 15th October 1986 and 3rd March,1988 respectively were boycotted by all the opposition political parties of Bangladesh including two main parties i.e. Awami League and BNP, leaving only his own Jatio Party in the arena. On December 6, 1990, people’s uprising got rid of the military Government of General Irshad and a caretaker government agreed-upon by all political parties headed by the sitting Chief Justice was installed to conduct a free and fair election. As a result, the BNP Government led by Begum Khalida Zia came into power on 20th March1991. The BNP government held the general election on 15th February1996 which was widely boycotted by other political parties as they did not expect a fair election under BNP. Chief Advisor since 1991           

Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed – Election of 1991
Justice Muhammad HabiburRahman – Election of...

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