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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, organized the rally and is pressuring the interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to bring rapid reforms and hold the next national elections. Hasina and Zia are the main political rivals in the dynastic political structure. Jiah is ill and was unable to lead the rally in person. Zia’s elder son Tariq Rehman is his successor but has been living in exile since 2008.
Terming the Awami League as fascist, Bangladesh’s interim government said it would not allow ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party to hold Sunday’s planned rally. Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, said in a Facebook post that the interim government will not tolerate any violence or any attempt to break law and order in the country. He said that Awami League in its present form is a fascist party. There is no way that this fascist party will be allowed to hold protests in Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, organized the rally and is pressuring the interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to bring rapid reforms and hold the next national elections. Hasina and Zia are the main political rivals in the dynastic political structure. Jiah is ill and was unable to lead the rally in person. Zia’s elder son Tariq Rehman is his successor but has been living in exile since 2008.
Rahman, working president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, said that associates of the exiled dictators are still present in the country and abroad and in the administration, who are actively working to destabilize the interim government. This interim government should not be allowed to fail under any circumstances. But he said that the interim government should take effective steps to meet the expectations of the people.
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