The comprehensive defeat of the Islamist parties that sought to take Bangladesh away from its democratic and secular roots, and which had sought in 1971 to impose Urdu as a national language and suppress Bengali language and culture, is the real story of the election.
Lo verdaderamente importante de las elecciones ha sido la completa derrota de los partidos islamistas que intentaban alejar a Bangladesh de sus raíces democráticas y seculares y que en 1971 intentaron imponer el urdu como lengua nacional y reprimir la lengua y la cultura bengalíes.