Whither Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami?

       Whither Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami?

In June, another party, the Bangladesh Advancement Party, applied for enlistment with the Political race Commission of Bangladesh. It has been known for quite a while that the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami - which was deregistered as an ideological group in 2013 since its constitution goes against the Bangladesh Constitution - has been pondering its political future by framing another party. There has been a discussion starting around 2016 with respect to whether the party ought to resurrect itself as another party since all its top chiefs had been sentenced for atrocities. In 2018, the EC chose not to boycott the party, but rather to drop their enrollment following a 2013 High Court request that pronounced the party's enlistment unlawful. The party would have most likely favored a boycott in order to legitimize the development of another party, and furthermore in light of the fact that, assuming Jamaat is disintegrated without a boycott, it would basically be affirming its negative job in the Freedom War.

The Atrocities Court and the hanging of a few top heads of Jamaat after they were indicted has been challenged by the party. After 2008, it chose not to partake in the 2014 political race following the choice of its collusion accomplice, Bangladesh Patriot Party (BNP). It took part in the 2018 political decision under the BNP image, as a feature of the 20-party coalition. However there was hesitance to remember Jamaat for the electing collusion, given its part in the Freedom War, political convenience won eventually