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Bangladesh’s Former PM Sheikh Hasina’s Coalition Jatiya Party Office Set Ablaze

Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s coalition, Jatiya Party, central office in Dhaka, has been set on fire after clashes on Thursday night.  The office was partly damaged, the witnesses said.

The Jatiya Party, founded by late President Hussain Muhammad Ershad, was a part of the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance, and participated previous three general elections despite major party BNP boycotted.

Protesters against Sheikh Hasina were angered when Jatiya Party announced that it would hold a rally in Dhaka on Saturday.

Clashes erupted when protesters carrying the Chhatra Sramik Janata banner marched with a torch procession in front of the Jatiya Party’s central office in Kakrail area, the heart of the capital Dhaka.

The fire service went to the spot and extinguished the fire. When a large number of protestors went in front of the Jatiya Party left the office. Protesters vandalized Jatiya Party offices, pulled down signboard and smeared ink on party founder Ershad’s picture on the wall, the witnesses said.

Police and Army were deployed in front of the Jatiya Party office.
“We were passing in front of the Jatiya Party office with a torch procession. At that time, terrorists of Jatiya Party threw bricks at our procession from the roof of Jatiya Party office”, said Shakiluzzaman, a leader of Gono Audhikar Parishad, a political party that actively participated the movement against Sheikh Hasina.

“Jatiya Party terrorists themselves set fire to their office and escaped. Jatya Party acted as a proxy of the fascist Awami League in the 2014, 2018 and 2024 elections”, Shakiluzzaman said.

“We the students, workers and citizens have declared that we will not allow Jatiya Party to hold any rally”, he further said.
No comment was immediately found from the Jatiya Party but they are likely to express their reaction officially later on Friday.
Two months ago, s student-led movement ousted Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, after weeks of protests and clashes that killed over 600. Hasina, 76, fled to India on August 5 and an interim government led by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus was formed.

(With Inputs From ANI)

Swastika Sruti

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