AL has no right to do politics; it should be banned: LDP

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has called for the ban of Awami League (AL) as a political party as they have no right to do politics after its role against 18 crore people of the country in the July-August protests.

"Why should the Awami League not be banned! We said today again, Awami League should be banned because they waged a war against 18 crore people. They have no right to do politics," LDP President Dr Col (retd) Oli Ahmad told reporters after holding a dialogue with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus today (19 October) .

Oli, former communications minister, said the Awami League used the police and administration unfairly to remain in power.

The LPD placed 23 proposals before the chief adviser today, including a demand for a free and fair election and addressed the issue of price hikes of essentials.

This is the second round of dialogues in the current phase, which started on 5 October with the participation of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami, CPB, and some other major parties.

Fifteen political parties, including Gono Forum, Liberal Democrats Party (LDP), and Bangladesh Jatiya Party (Andaleeve), are among the parties who are invited to join today's dialogue.