Tulip Siddiq

I was fortunate enough to travel with Sheikh Hasina in her car during Election Day. The Prime Minister elect (Prime Ministerial candidate at the time!) drove to several constituencies in Dhaka and stopped quickly at each one to meet the parliamentary candidate or speak to the voters. You can see all my photos from Election [...]

The Awami League have won the elections by a landslide! Sheikh Hasina is the Prime Minister elect! I am ecstatic! I’ve been on the campaign trail with Sheikh Hasina all day so I don’t really have the energy to write much more but I will do so tomorrow. However, I can’t resist uploading a couple [...]

I spent the day with Sheikh Hasina meeting foreign election observers at her Dhanmondi residence. We met representatives of the European Parliament and the European Union Election Observation Mission. We also met the delegation from the International Republican Institute and members from the British Parliament headed by Baroness Uddin. It was surreal seeing members of [...]

I was lucky enough to sit in on one of Sheikh Hasina’s video conferences where she spoke to the people of Potuakhali via satellite. I sat with the Prime Ministerial candidate in the comfort of her own home in Dhanmondi at 10pm and spoke to Awami League activists about the upcoming elections. Video conferences are [...]

I went campaigning for Barrister Taposh today. He’s the Awami League’s prospective parliamentary candidate in Dhanmondi. Our best bit of campaigning was actually done in the hair salon Que Bella where we spoke to many women voters. Constituents seemed to be impressed by his enthusiasm and energy. Several girls told me that they were happy [...]