The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has demanded an apology from Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam, coordinators of the Student Anti-Discrimination Movement, for not recognizing the LDP’s “contributions to the movement against the fascist government of Sheikh Hasina”.

Earlier in the day, two coordinators had filed a writ petition demanding the suspension of all activities of 11 political parties, including the LDP.

In a press release issued today (October 28), the LDP said coordinators were unaware of the contributions of the party and its chairman Dr Col (retd) Oli Ahmad during the recent movement.

It was stated that due to the actions of the coordinators these could not be considered valuable or politically conscious.

The other 10 political parties from which political suspension was requested are Jatiya Party (Ershad), Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Alternative Bangladesh, Sect Federation, Bangladesh Communist Party, LDP, Jatiya Party (Manju), Demokrati Dal, Marxist-Lelinist (Barua) and Bangladesh Socialist Party.

The second petition asks why parties should not be banned from all political activities until the decision is made in the first case.