Nine advisors from Bangladeshi caretaker government resigned Thursday night after the President Iajuddin Ahmed declared state of emergency.

There were ten advisors in the advisory committee of the caretaker government. After nine advisors' resignation, law advisor Fuzlul Haque becomes the only advisor in the caretaker government.

Bangladeshi Constitution stipulates since 1996, a neutral caretaker organizes general elections within 90 days after taking power.

Former ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led 4-party alliance government led by former prime minister Khaleda Zia ended its five- year tenure on October 27, and handed over power to caretaker government led by current President Iajuddin Ahmed.

President Prof. Iajuddin Ahmed Thursday declared state of emergency across the country ahead of the general election set for January 22.

All fundamental rights have been suspended following the declaration of the emergency. The authorities imposed curfew in the capital from Thursday.

President Iajuddin Ahmed declared emergency in the wake of former main opposition Awami League (AL)-led grand alliance led by (AL) president Sheikh Hasina's decision to boycott January 22 parliamentary election.

Hasina decided to boycott the election on the complaint that the interim caretaker government of President Prof. Iajuddin Ahmed and the Election Commission are biased to re-elect the former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's 4-party alliance through "election engineering."

In protest, Hasina announced transport blockade and general strikes from January 14 to resist the "one-sided" elections.

The United Nations, the European Union and Washington-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI) decided to suspend their planned election monitoring missions in the wake of the decision by a major political alliance.

More than 60,000 troops have been deployed across the country to quell political violence.

Source: Xinhua