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The headquarters of the Jatiya Party, an ally of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was damaged and set on fire by miscreants in Dhaka on Thursday night when violence broke out during a protest.
The Jatiya Party was founded by late President Hussain Muhammad Ershad. The party has already been part of the Awami League-led Grand Alliance. The party participated in the last three general elections while the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), boycotted the elections.
When the Jatiya Party announced to hold a rally in Dhaka on Saturday, the anger of the protesters flared up. The protesters marched in front of the central office of the Jatiya Party carrying torchlight procession with Chattra Sramik Janata banners, after which clashes broke out.
“We were taking out a torchlight procession near the Jatiya Party office when Jatiya Party members threw bricks at us from the roof,” said Shakiluzzaman, leader of the Gono Adhikar Parishad. He alleged that the Jatiya Party set its own office on fire and fled. He also said that “we, students, workers and citizens, have declared that we will not allow the Jatiya Party to hold any rally.”
The Jatiya Party has not yet made any official comment on the incident, but a formal response is expected from them later today. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power two months ago as a result of a student movement that saw thousands take to the streets and more than 600 people killed in the violence. Hasina fled to India on August 5, and an interim government was formed under the leadership of Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus.
The incident has brought a new twist to the political situation in Bangladesh, where tensions between protesters and political parties are growing.
