Print: 02 Nov 2025
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A year after the fall of the authoritarian Hasina regime, the member parties of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance are still struggling to normalise their internal organisational activities.
Talking to the Daily Sun, some top leaders of the parties hinted at participating in the upcoming national election independently whereas some even questioned the significance of the alliance in the current political context.
Mentioning that the country was now passing a crisis in politics, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD-Inu) Office Secretary Sajjad Hossain, said, “The core responsibility of the incumbent government is to hold a free and fair election with the participation of all democracy-minded parties. It is their duty to preserve the democratic beauty of Bangladesh. Any election without the participation of major political forces does not reflect the views of the mass people of the country.”
About his party’s recent activities, Sajjad said, they were operating on a limited scale behind closed doors as all their people-centric outdoor programmes were now at halt for the current political situation.
Meanwhile, Mahmudul Hasan Manik, acting president of the Workers’ Party of Bangladesh, said his party was progressing independently as the direct coordination of the 14 party alliance was not functioning.
“The 14 party alliance remains inactive at the moment, but we continued to communicate and coordinate with other like-minded parties from our end,” Manik said, adding that his party had submitted their returns to the Election Commission (EC) following the EC’s request through an official letter.
As the Workers’ Party of Bangladesh is not a “banned party”, its leaders and activists were preparing to contest in the coming elections, he further added.
Alongside him, Anwar Hossain Manju, chairman of the Jatiya Party (JP-Manju), also demanded for the national election. He said Bangladesh was now run by a “non-government” sidelining those who had struggled for the country’s people.
Criticising the interim government and its advisers, Manju said that multiple people had been brought back from abroad to write several reforms without an implementation plan.
Seeking anonymity, some leaders of other 14-party alliance members such as Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (ML) and Bangladesh Tariqat Federation blamed the Awami League and its leaders for the present critical political situation in the country.
The Awami League practiced autocracy not only in running the state but also in politics of the 14-party alliance.
Other parties of the alliance were treated as slaves, they said, adding that the appeal of this alliance was over and that its operations should not be continued further.
The key parties except the Awami League at the 14 party alliance are Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD-Inu), Workers’ Party of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (ML), Jatiya Party (JP-Manju), Bangladesh Tarikat Federation and Ganatantri Party.
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14-party alliance members struggle to be in political game
As the Workers’ Party of Bangladesh is not a “banned party”, its leaders and activists were preparing to contest in the coming elections
Photo: Daily Sun
A year after the fall of the authoritarian Hasina regime, the member parties of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance are still struggling to normalise their internal organisational activities.
Talking to the Daily Sun, some top leaders of the parties hinted at participating in the upcoming national election independently whereas some even questioned the significance of the alliance in the current political context.
Mentioning that the country was now passing a crisis in politics, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD-Inu) Office Secretary Sajjad Hossain, said, “The core responsibility of the incumbent government is to hold a free and fair election with the participation of all democracy-minded parties. It is their duty to preserve the democratic beauty of Bangladesh. Any election without the participation of major political forces does not reflect the views of the mass people of the country.”
About his party’s recent activities, Sajjad said, they were operating on a limited scale behind closed doors as all their people-centric outdoor programmes were now at halt for the current political situation.
Meanwhile, Mahmudul Hasan Manik, acting president of the Workers’ Party of Bangladesh, said his party was progressing independently as the direct coordination of the 14 party alliance was not functioning.
“The 14 party alliance remains inactive at the moment, but we continued to communicate and coordinate with other like-minded parties from our end,” Manik said, adding that his party had submitted their returns to the Election Commission (EC) following the EC’s request through an official letter.
As the Workers’ Party of Bangladesh is not a “banned party”, its leaders and activists were preparing to contest in the coming elections, he further added.
Alongside him, Anwar Hossain Manju, chairman of the Jatiya Party (JP-Manju), also demanded for the national election. He said Bangladesh was now run by a “non-government” sidelining those who had struggled for the country’s people.
Criticising the interim government and its advisers, Manju said that multiple people had been brought back from abroad to write several reforms without an implementation plan.
Seeking anonymity, some leaders of other 14-party alliance members such as Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (ML) and Bangladesh Tariqat Federation blamed the Awami League and its leaders for the present critical political situation in the country.
The Awami League practiced autocracy not only in running the state but also in politics of the 14-party alliance.
Other parties of the alliance were treated as slaves, they said, adding that the appeal of this alliance was over and that its operations should not be continued further.
The key parties except the Awami League at the 14 party alliance are Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD-Inu), Workers’ Party of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (ML), Jatiya Party (JP-Manju), Bangladesh Tarikat Federation and Ganatantri Party.
The reporter can be reached at [email protected]