22-party alliance adopts 5-point resolution, demands trial of AL, JaPa

At a multi-party meeting in Dhaka on Monday, a coalition of 22 political parties, including BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolon Bangladesh, NCP, and Gono Odhikar Parishad, demanded the trial of Awami League, Jatiya Party (JaPa), and the 14-party alliance, branding them as “fascist forces.”

The meeting, held at Gono Odhikar Parishad’s central office at Al Razi Complex in Bijoynagar, lasted from 5:00 pm to 7:15 pm and concluded with the adoption of five decisions by consensus:

1. Strong condemnation and protest against the attack on Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur and his supporters.

2. Formation of a judicial probe committee within 48 hours and arrest of perpetrators.
3. Establishing unity among anti-fascist forces.
4. Trial of Awami League, Jatiya Party, and other components of the 14-party alliance as fascist elements.
5. Holding an anti-fascist solidarity rally at the Central Shaheed Minar to protest the attack on Nur.

Most participating parties also demanded the ban of Jatiya Party as an alleged collaborator of fascism.

However, as a few parties opposed the move, the demand was not included in the final resolution.

The meeting was presided over by Gono Odhikar Parishad General Secretary Md. Rashed Khan, and attended by BNP Joint Secretary General Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel, Jamaat Assistant Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad, NCP leaders Akter Hossain and Ariful Islam Adib, Islami Andolon’s Ashraf Ali Akon, Gono Odhikar Parishad leaders Faruk Hasan, Hasan Al Mamun, Shakil Uzzaman, Abduz Zaher, Sarkar Nure Ershad Siddiqui, and others.

Leaders from over a dozen parties including NPP, JAGPA, NDM, Bangladesh Jatiya Dal, Bangladesh Labour Party, AB Party, Bhashani Janashakti Party, Samyabadi Dal, Democratic League, Gonosonghoti Andolon, Nagorik Oikya, Revolutionary Workers Party, Gonoforum also spoke, pledging to intensify collective resistance against authoritarianism.