Mass sit-in on 27th day The students’ protest at Dhaka University’s Raju Bhaskar demanding the banning of the Awami League and its allies as fascist parties entered its 27th day on Tuesday. The protesters have urged the National Consensus Commission to work on banning fascist politics. They said that although the National Consensus Commission sent 166 recommendations from six reform commissions and letters to 34 political parties, there is no mention of banning fascist politics.
Revolutionary Students’ Council member secretary Fazlur Rahman said, “If fascist parties and politics are not banned, the consequences of all reforms will be the same as the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.” He criticized the Fifth Amendment for not banning fascist parties after the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975. According to him, this amendment revived the Awami League and is responsible for various genocides, including the assassination of Ziaur Rahman.
Mass sit-in on 27th day
Fazlur Rahman urged the National Consensus Commission to give priority to banning fascism without wasting important time and money of national life.
Leaders and activists of the National Revolutionary Council and the Revolutionary Students’ Council were present at the public event. It is worth noting that this program has been going on since February 13 with a 5-point demand to ban the Awami League and its allies. As part of the program, leaflet distribution, mass signature collection and mass iftar are being organized.
