Writ seeking ban on activities of Awami League, 10 others lifted

The writ petition seeking a ban on the activities of 11 political parties, including Awami League and Jatiya Party has been withdrawn.

Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam, the key coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, withdrew the petition from the High Court bench of Justice Fatema Najib and Justice Sikder Mahmudur Razi on Tuesday (October 29) morning.

On Monday, two separate petitions were submitted to the High Court seeking the ban on activities of the Awami League along with ten other political parties. Sarjis Alam, Hasnat Abdullah, and Hasibul Islam, three key coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, filed the petitions.

Alongside Awami League, the ten other political parties included Jatiya Party (Ershad), Jatiya Party (Anwar Hossain Manju), Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Bangladesh Tarikat Federation, Ganatantri Party, Communist Party of Bangladesh, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Marxist-Leninist (Dilipa Barua), and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal, the first petition mentioned.

The second petition called for the cancellation of the last three elections—2014, 2018, and 2024—and demanded that those who served as members of parliament during these terms return their salaries and benefits to the treasury.