Staff Reporter:
Several organizations and students from Dhaka University staged a rally on Saturday, demanding ban on the Bangladesh Awami League party.
The rally began at 3 pm at Shahbagh intersection, where participants chanted slogans like “One word, one demand, League not come back.”
Shakil Mia, an organiser of the July Movement students participating in the rally, said, “All those asso-ciated with the Awami League are involved in some form of crime. Therefore, we want the registration of the Awami League to be cancelled.”
He also said that the Awami League should not be allowed to participate in the next election.
“Considering the wrongdoings the Awami League has committed over the past 16 years, no good worker of the party can be found,” he added.
Another participant added, “We demand the cancellation of the Awami League’s registration, and its ac-tivities should be banned. All leaders and workers involved in misdeeds should be brought to justice.”
The speakers also demanded trial for those involved in looting, disappearances, and killings during the Awami League’s rule.
Meanwhile, “July Warriors”, a forum formed by the families of the martyrs and injured victims of the July uprising, gave the interim government 48 hours to ban Awami League.
They issued the ultimatum from a protest rally held at the Raju Sharok Bhaskarjya on the Dhaka Univer-sity campus on Saturday.
