Bangla Academy President Professor Abul Quasem 

Fazlul Huq today said the politics of Awami League (AL) became contaminated 

due to their attitude of suppressing the dissent.

"The Awami League believed that their criticism meant an attempt to overthrow 

the government. Therefore, their politics became contaminated due to their 

attitude of eliminating those with different opinions," he said.

The Bangla Academy President said this while speaking as the chief guest at a 

programme titled “Shadow Parliament on the Political and Social Defeat of the 

Awami League due to the July-August Killings” organised by Debate for 

Democracy at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) in the capital.

He said those who expressed dissent or did not support the Awami League were 

arrested, tortured, killed and disappeared during their tenure.

All these wrongdoings had happened with the consent of Sheikh Hasina 

according to various media, he said, adding, “Due to all these negative 

activities, the Awami League had deviated far from its political objectives.”

Therefore, in the face of resistance from young students and the public, 

Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign and flee the country at one stage, Prof 

Fazlul Huq said.

Debate for Democracy Chairman Hassan Ahamed Chowdhury Kiron presided over the 

shadow parliament programme.

He said the fallen Awami government has carried out massive killings through 

disappearances, murders and extrajudicial killings in the last 15 years. 

Not only the leaders and activists of the Awami League, people want to see 

the party on trial also for committing massacre in the July Revolution, he 

added.