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Dhaka, August 28 (HS). Bangladesh's caretaker government has lifted the ban on the country's main Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami and its groups. A statement issued by the government said that no evidence has been found of their involvement in 'terrorist activities'.
Earlier, the government of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party under the anti-terrorism law, accusing it of inciting deadly violence during student-led protests that turned into a revolt against Hasina, forcing her to resign and flee to India. A gazette notification by the caretaker government on Wednesday said there was “no specific evidence of the involvement of the Jamaat and its affiliates in terrorist activities.”
The party has denied allegations that it incited violence and called the ban “illegal, extrajudicial and unconstitutional”. Jamaat has not been able to contest elections in Bangladesh since a court in 2013 said its registration as a political party conflicted with Bangladesh’s secular constitution.
The party's lawyer Shishir Monir said it would file a petition in the Supreme Court early next week seeking restoration of its registration.
Let us tell you that Jamaat is considered an Islamist and pro-Pakistan organization. Jamaat also has a long history of violence against Hindus. According to reports, Jamaat people had also committed violence against minorities in 2001, when the BNP-Jamaat alliance won the elections in Bangladesh.