Bangladesh’s Provisional Government decides to ban Awami Alliance without proper procedures: India
New Delhi: India said on Tuesday that the Bangladesh interim government decided to ban all activities of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina “related to it”. New Delhi also called for the early holding of Bangladesh’s “free, fair and inclusive” elections.
The interim government of Bangladesh led by Muhammad Yunus decided to ban the Awami League under the Counter-Terrorism Act on May 12.
“The ban on the AWAMI alliance without due process is about development,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said.
“As a democracy, India is naturally concerned with reducing democracy and reducing political space. We strongly support the early holding of free, just and inclusive elections in Bangladesh,” he said in a media briefing.
Dhaka said that all activities of Awami League and all its affiliates will be prohibited until the International Crime Tribunal completes the trial of the Party Leader and members.
After India’s reaction, Yunus’ spokesman Shafiqul Alam said in a statement that the ban was necessary to protect Bangladesh’s national security and sovereignty, ensure the safety of activists involved in the campaign against the Hasina government, and protect the plaintiffs and witnesses of international criminal offenders.
In the face of massive anti-government protests, the Indian-Bangladesh relationship has experienced a sharp decline in the Indian-Bangladesh relationship.
The relationship was dramatically followed by the country’s Muhammad Yunus’s interim government leadership after Muhammad Yunus’ failed to include attacks on ethnic minorities, especially Hindus.
