Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina rejects poll rigging claims after landslide win

Hasina won a third straight term in Sunday's election, with alliance led by her Awami League winning 287 of the 298 seats for which results had been declared

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling alliance Monday swept to a landslide victory in the general elections, securing a third straight term, an outcome that would be good news for India’s ties with Dhaka, especially on the national security front.

The opposition alliance, comprising jailed ex-premier Khaleda Zia's BNP and some small parties, rejected the poll outcome as “farcical” and demanded fresh election. The Election Commission, however, ruled out holding a fresh election. 

Hasina, too, rejected the Opposition’s complaints of vote rigging and said people had gone to the polls enthusiastically in a largely peacefully general election.
 

Hasina won a third straight