Assessing Public Perceptions of the Activities of the Interim Government After the July 2024 Uprising in Bangladesh
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https://doi.org/10.65826/IJPCR.1.3.2026.37Keywords:
July Mass Uprising, Public Perception, Interim Government, Democratization, Sheikh Hasina, Muhammad YunusAbstract
The student-led July mass uprising was a remarkable event in Bangladesh’s political landscape, ousting the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and subsequently she had to flee to India. Following this event, an interim government was formed, led by Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus. The new government was formed with the responsibility to meet the people's demands, which included initiating political, administrative, and institutional reforms. Also, the government was assigned the responsibility of conducting a free, fair and credible election in the country. This study has been conducted to assess the public perception of people on the performance of the interim government with a quantitative approach to social research, gathering nearly 257 (N) data points from respondents. The findings presented that the interim government could meet the expectations of the people largely in several sectors, including the democratization of the interim government. Nearly 60% of the respondents expressed that the interim government was fairly democratic. Though the interim government’s performance could meet expectations of the people in several sectors, there were many sectors that needed enthusiastic efforts to meet the expectations of the July mass uprising.
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