POBNEWS24 Dhaka, Aug 28 : The notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs banning Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir as political parties has been withdrawn. A notification in this regard will be issued on Wednesday (August 28). Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatrashibir are not allowed to do politics.
Regarding the withdrawal of the notification banning Jamaat-Shibir politics, advocate Mohammad Shishir Monir said that the government has withdrawn the notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs banning the politics of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir. Gazette will be published today.
He said, now the legal battle will be started to get the registration back. The Awami League government banned the Jamaat-Shibir from taking the movement of the students in a different direction.
On August 1, the Awami League government issued a notification banning Jamaat-Shibir politics. The notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs said, ‘Whereas, in the verdict of several cases of the International Criminal Tribunal, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami/Jamaate-e-Islami Bangladesh) and its affiliate organization Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir (previously known as Islami Chhatra Sangh) committed during the 1971 Liberation War. He has been held responsible for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.’
The notification also states, ‘Since the Bangladesh Election Commission has canceled the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party in the judgment of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh has upheld the judgment of the High Court Division. WHEREAS, the Government has sufficient information to prove that the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its affiliate Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir were directly and indirectly involved in the recent massacres, destructive activities and terrorist activities; AND WHEREAS, the Government believes that all its affiliates, including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, are involved in terrorist activities. Therefore, the government, under the powers provided in Section 18(1) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009, banned Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir and all its affiliates as political parties and organizations. Schedule-2 of the Act listed Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir as prohibited entities.
(UNI)
