Several organisations and students from Dhaka University staged a rally on Saturday, demanding a ban on the Awami League.
The rally began at 3:00pm at the Shahbagh intersection, where participants chanted slogans like 鈥極ne word, one demand, League not come back.鈥�
Shakil Mia, an organiser of the July Movement students participating in the rally, said, 鈥楢ll those associated with the Awami League are involved in some form of crime. Therefore, we want the registration of the Awami League to be cancelled.鈥�
He also said that the Awami League should not be allowed to participate in the next election.
鈥楥onsidering the wrongdoings the Awami League has committed over the past 16 years, no good worker of the party can be found,鈥� he added.
Another participant added, 鈥榃e demand the cancellation of the Awami League鈥檚 registration, and its activities should be banned. All leaders and workers involved in misdeeds should be brought to justice.鈥�
The speakers also demanded a trial for those involved in looting, disappearances, and killings during the Awami League鈥檚 rule.
Meanwhile, 鈥楯uly Warriors鈥�, a forum formed by the families of the martyrs and injured victims of the July uprising, gave the interim government 48 hours to ban Awami League.
They issued the ultimatum at a protest rally held at the Raju Sharok Bhaskarjya on Saturday on the Dhaka University campus.