AL accuses interim government of waging vendetta against party

The Bangladesh Awami League today (October 31) alleged that the interim government is pursuing a vendetta that lacks inclusivity and fuels the cycle of violence and rights violations centered on the July-August trial process.

“We will reiterate our commitment to a fair trial involving the violence of July-August and bring to justice all those involved in the violence, regardless of their political affiliation,” AL said in a statement. he said.

Deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party also accused the interim government of downplaying the communal violence by portraying the affected minorities as supporters of the Awami League and not taking legal action against the perpetrators.

The statement came from the party’s Facebook post.

Chief advisor Prof Muhammad Yunus’ recent branding of the Awami League as a fascist party has been condemned.

“We would like to remind our citizens that this statement comes at a time when hundreds of citizens associated with the Awami League are subjected to systematic rights violations, including lynching, killings and physical torture…” the statement said.

London-based The Financial Times this week Dr. published an interview of Yunus titled “There is no room for Sheikh Hasina’s fascist party”; Here the interim chief argued that there was no room for the party in the short term.

AL chief Hasina has been living in India since her fall in the student-led mass uprising on August 5.