Nahid Islam, opposition chief whip and convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), said the Awami League would not be given an opportunity to be rehabilitated. He made the remarks on Monday afternoon at a discussion titled “One Point of the People in the Voices of Martyrs’ Families and the Injured” at the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh, in the capital. He challenged those seeking to pursue the Awami League’s rehabilitation to demonstrate their ability in the political field.

Islam said discussions were under way about rehabilitating the Awami League. Addressing those who want to take such an initiative, he said they should implement a plan to rehabilitate the party and conduct politics in Bangladesh if they have the courage. He said the extent of each side’s capability would be proven once they entered the field.

He also said that if Sheikh Hasina returns to the country in December, she would be taken directly from the airport to the gallows, with no concessions. Islam claimed that members of the public, martyrs’ families, injured people and students would remain on Dhaka’s streets that day and would not leave until a death sentence was carried out.