After Sheikh Hasina’s removal from power in Bangladesh, the decisions taken during her tenure are also being changed.
According to reports, the interim government of Bangladesh may soon lift the ban on pro-Pakistani organization Jamaat-e-Islami.
The Sheikh Hasina government banned Jamaat on 1 August for carrying out violent attacks during anti-government protests, following which Jamaat became more violent and Sheikh Hasina had to flee and leave power.
After Sheikh Hasina left power, the main opposition party BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami formed an interim government with the help of the army. Therefore, now the head of the interim government Mohammad Yunus is ready to lift the ban on Jamaat.
Speaking to Bangladeshi newspaper Dhaka Tribune, Jamaat lawyer Mohammad Shishir Manir said the decision to lift the ban on Jamaat was being taken after a meeting with the army and the interim government.
In fact, the process of reversing Hasina’s decisions began after she fled the country on August 5.
BNP leader Khaleda Zia, who was serving 17 years imprisonment, was released in a meeting between the Army Chief, political parties and the President on 5 August.
Jamaat-e-Islami is currently formally banned, which will be lifted by the government soon.
Jamaat is a hardline Islamist and pro-Pakistan organisation. It supported the Pakistani army during Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971.
Apart from this, this organization has also been associated with attacks against Hindus in Bangladesh.
Amidst the protests against Sheikh Hasina, people associated with the Jamaat continuously attacked Hindus, due to which it was also banned.
But this ban did not have much effect. After Hasina fled the country, violent incidents took place against Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh.
Even in 2001, when there was violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, the name of Jamaat-e-Islami had come up.
In 2001, Jamaat along with BNP formed the government in Bangladesh. After their victory, workers of both these parties started committing violence against minorities.
In this violence, hundreds of women were raped and their houses were burnt and if they protested they were killed.
Later, when Sheikh Hasina’s government came back to power, an investigation was conducted against this violence, in which it came to light that more than 250 Hindu women had been raped.
Thousands of workers from both the parties were involved in these incidents.
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