The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
EC’s contention that their decision cannot be challenged is absurd. HC has all the powers to look into the validity of a decision by any Constitutional body.
EC’s contention that their decision cannot be challenged is absurd. HC has all the powers to look into the validity of a decision by any Constitutional body.
The ECI has acted in good faith, upheld the law. Let the judiciary place its seal of approval on its decision.