I personally find this extremely alarming. If we proceed to examine the MP's fundamental duties towards the citizens, one will find that their method of campaigning contradicts their promises.

When travelling around Dhaka City (which is very densely populated), one will find only a handful of walls that have not been subjected to graffiti. As the election date is nearing, the use of microphone throughout the day has become unbearable. Another method that does not go unnoticed is sticking posters all around. We suffer from traffic congestion in Dhaka as it is, but these unscheduled demonstrations only cause further disruption. Another important issue is that, once the election is over they will have two options. The options are that the elected MP either leaves all the stickers and graffiti on or cleans it up. If they decide to leave it as it is , then they will not fulfil their election pledges and if they clean the city then we do know whether it will be at the expense of the government, in other words the taxpayers' money. To me, neither of these two options is satisfying enough to cast my vote for any of the candidates.

I fully understand that campaigning during any election period is of great importance for the candidates. However, there are other alternatives, which in the long run would save money and create less public inconvenience. The form of campaigning that I would suggest is organising public meetings and demonstrations, posters only on billboards (which they can construct in all areas) and through newspapers and other media, personal visits etc.