A commentary published in the newspaper Amar Desh on July 21, 2026, alleges that sections of Bangladesh’s left-wing political groups are aligning with Awami League propagandists to question the outcomes of the July uprising that toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government. The article claims these groups are attempting to portray the mass movement, which cost over a thousand lives, as a conspiracy rather than a democratic revolution. It argues that their criticism of the current government led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus serves to obscure the previous regime’s record of disappearances, killings, and repression.

The piece recounts the uprising’s human cost, including the deaths of children and women, and asserts that it restored freedom of speech, halted enforced disappearances, and revived electoral democracy. It contrasts the current political environment—where opposition parties operate without violent crackdowns—with the former Awami League era, which it describes as dominated by Indian influence and authoritarian control.

The article concludes that the left’s renewed alignment with Awami narratives aims to undermine the revolution’s democratic gains, warning that attempts to rehabilitate the Awami League will fail in the face of public rejection.