The Bangladesh Awami League on Saturday announced that it would hold a procession in the capital鈥檚 Gulistan area today to mark the Shaheed Noor Hossain Day.
The interim government, however, termed the Awami League a 鈥榝ascist party鈥� and announced that the party would not be allowed to hold any protests.
From its verified Facebook post, Awami League urged its activists to come to Shaheed Noor Hossain Square at Zero Point of Gulistan in the capital on November 10 and stage protests against what they called the 鈥榤isrule鈥� of the present government.
鈥極ur protest is against the deprivation of the rights of the people of the country, our protest is against the rise of fundamentalist forces, our protest is against the conspiracy to disrupt the lives of the common people,鈥� reads the Facebook post.
The chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary, Shafiqul Alam, however, on Saturday termed Bangladesh Awami League a 鈥榝ascist鈥� party and said that the government would
not tolerate any violence or any attempt to break the public order in the country.
鈥楾he Awami League in its current form is a fascist party. There is no way this fascist party will be allowed to hold protests in Bangladesh,鈥� he said.
Shafiqul said that the party had no chance to stage protests in Bangladesh.
鈥楢nyone who would try to hold rally, gathering and processions by taking orders from the mass murderer and dictator Sheikh Hasina will face the full force of the law enforcing agencies,鈥� Shafiqul said in a post from his verified Facebook account.
The youth and sports affairs adviser to the interim government, Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, also warned that the law enforcement agencies would take strict actions if the Awami League or the banned Chhatra League attempted to hold any program.
鈥楲aw enforcement agencies will take strict measures against those associated with war criminals or banned organisations attempting to hold programs鈥�, he wrote in a post on his verified Facebook page on Saturday.
On November 10, 1987, Noor Hossain was killed in police firing while protesting against the then autocratic rule of HM Ershad at the capital鈥檚 zero point near Gulistan.
