Opponents of ousted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blocked attempts to hold a rally in Dhaka

DAKKA – Former rival political groups Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina On Sunday, he blocked his Awami League party’s plan to hold a rally in Bangladesh’s capital; This was seen as a potential first effort to make a comeback on the streets since he fled the country in August amid a mass uprising.

Hasina’s party’s rally in Dhaka was to commemorate the death of a party activist on November 10, 1987, which led to a mass protest against former military dictator HM Ershad. He was eventually deposed and his nine-year reign ended in 1990.

The day is commemorated as “Democracy Day”. In 1991, Bangladesh switched from a presidential form of government to a parliamentary democracy, and since then Hasina and her rival, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, have become the most powerful political figures in the country.

On Sunday, activists of the party led by Hasina’s chief rival Zia, as well as members of the conservative party, met. Jamaat-e-Islami party They poured into the streets of Dhaka, filling most of the area where the rally was planned to be held.

Others, including hundreds of student protesters, said they would not allow Hasina supporters to stand on the streets and hold rallies. Protesters said they thought Hasina’s party was trying to make a comeback by holding a rally in the streets on Sunday. Protesters of the Student Movement Against Discrimination, Mass uprising in July-AugustHe aggressively hunted down Hasina’s supporters.

A group of people surrounded the headquarters of the Awami League party near Noor Hossain Square in Dhaka, where Hasina’s supporters were supposed to gather to hold a rally.

Security was tight in the area, but witnesses and local media said protesters attacked several Hasina supporters and chanted slogans in favor of the fallen leader as they tried to reach there.

The Awami League party said many of its activists were detained by police after being attacked.

Tensions were high throughout Sunday, with anti-Hasina protesters saying they would not allow the party to hold a public rally under any circumstances.

The Awami League party posted a series of videos on Facebook on Sunday showing its supporters being manhandled. The party headquarters had been vandalized after Hasina’s fall on August 5 and was empty on Sunday with signs of destruction. Outside control was in the hands of Hasina’s rivals.

While the search for Zia’s party continued, political chaos in the South Asian country continued. rapid reforms and new elections from the interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. The party believes Hasina’s party can form the new government in her absence, but Other allies are also struggling.

The Yunus-led government has said it will seek the extradition of Hasina and her close associates, who face charges of crimes against humanity during the uprising that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of protesters.