Gana Adhikar Parishad submitted a written letter to Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Monday, demanding cancellation of the registration of Awami League, Jatiya Party and all components of the AL-led 14-party alliance.
“Gana Adhikar Parishad is asking for bringing the main perpetrators of brutal brutality and continuous misrule in Bangladesh -- Awami League – and all its partners, leading to proper punishment by revoking their registrations and banning them on charges of genocide and treason,” said the letter.
A seven-member delegation of the Gana Adhikar Parishad placed the letter before the CEC at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city. Later, Gana Adhikar Parishad senior joint secretary general Hasan Al Mamun read out the letter before the reporters.
“We hope that the Election Commission, under your leadership, will take the necessary steps to quickly deregister the Awami League, the Jatiya Party, and their allies to alleviate public anger,” said Hasan Al Mamun.
In the face of demands by the student leaders of the 2024 mass uprising and several political parties including the National Citizen Party-NCP and Jamaat-e-Islami, the interim government has decided to ban Awami League's activities.
The Council of Advisers, in a special meeting on Saturday night, decided to ban all activities of the Awami League, including in cyberspace, under the Anti-Terrorism Act until the trial of Bangladesh Awami League and its leaders in the International Crimes Tribunal is completed.
On Sunday, the Council of Advisers approved the draft of the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, incorporating provision to ban individuals or entities involved in terrorist activities and their operations.
Gana Adhikar Parishad gets EC’s registration
Gana Adhikar Parishad in the letter said the interim government had already taken a stance against Awami League. Similarly, Jatiya Party and every component of the 14-party alliance took a stand on the side of the genocidal perpetrators, fully supporting the genocide committed against the people of Bangladesh. Besides, the parties were active as the collaborators and legitimizers of the one-party fascist rule that the Awami League established for the last 16 years by destroying the country's democracy, it claimed.
Faruk Hasan said they demand the arrest of GM Quader and the 14-party alliance leaders for aiding Awami League in establishing one-party rule.