Trial by fire awaits as Tarique Rahman takes oath as Bangladesh PM
India Today
Tarique Rahman returned from a 17-year exile to lead his party, the BNP, to a landslide victory in the February 12 national election in Bangladesh. As he took the oath of office, Bangladesh got a male PM after 36 years. Tarique will lead Bangladesh through a critical phase in its history.
Bangladesh on Tuesday entered a new phase after two years of uncertainty as Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chief Tarique Rahman was sworn in as the Prime Minister. Tarique has a tough task at hand as he will have to oversee the healing and reconstruction of the country that went through deadly protests and chaos.
In the first election after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced out, the Tarique Rahman-led BNP alliance secured 212 seats of the 299 seats that went to polls on February 12.
Other than stabilising Bangladesh's economy, Tarique Rahman will also have to take the tough call on political reforms as envisaged in the July Charter drafted by the interim administration of Muhammad Yunus.
The July Charter, which was approved in a referendum held along with the national election, gives the mandate to the incoming government to bring changes to Bangladesh's Constitution and democratic institutions.
That is the first and crucial test for him as the Jamaat-e-Islami-led Opposition squared off against the BNP government on Tuesday by boycotting the swearing-in ceremony. The boycott was over BNP MPs not taking an oath as members of the Constitutional Reform Council.
The Jamaat and the NCP have warned of street protests if reforms aren't carried out.
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