Aamir Hussain
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very little know fact....elections held in 1970 in West Pakistan were very fair. However, things were different in East Pakistan where Justice Abdus Sattar ( A Bengali and later the President of Bangladesh), the then Head of Election Commission of Pakistan, had a strong leaning towards Sheikh Mujib ur Rehman and his party, allowed manipulation of the election process in the east wing that helped Mujib's party to sweep the elections. This and the fact that Bhashani was forced to sit out the elections led to the debacle of East Pakistan otherwise if there would have been free and fair elections as witnessed in West Pakistan and Bhashani would have been contesting the elections, Awami League would have not claimed so many seats. My 2C worth!!