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No Erasure of History: Justice and Constitution in Bangladesh

The present moment demands vigilance, courage, and fidelity to constitutional principles.

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Bangladeshi girls wait in line to cast their votes, exercising their democratic right during the 13th parliamentary elections

History cannot be erased! Constitutional betrayal will not go unpunished, and reckoning in Bangladesh is inevitable!

In the annals of nations, there are moments when power seeks not merely to govern but to erase—to rewrite memory, to silence legacy, and to outlaw history itself. Bangladesh now stands at such a perilous crossroads because of the American deep state and the CIA in league with their direful local cohorts. Over the past eighteen months from 8 August 2024 up to 17 February 2026, under the stewardship of the Yunus-led regime, the nation’s democratic spine has been strained, its constitutional sanctity undermined, and its founding political force—the Awami League—reportedly cast into unlawful oblivion. Yet history, as both witness and judge, resists obliteration.

The same relentless tyranny continues unabated under the Tarique Zia regime, which ascended to power through the meticulously orchestrated national elections of 12 February 2026. Bangladesh has now been transformed into an immense prison—hundreds of thousands of citizens, spanning every class and community, languish behind bars under spurious charges since 8 August 2024. Countless innocent lives have already been extinguished within these walls, victims of brutal and systematic violence. Fueled by a culture of mobocracy, these merciless campaigns of murder and terror continue without pause, showing no sign of abatement or mercy as yet.

The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is not a ceremonial parchment; it is the living covenant of the Republic. It begins with a solemn pledge to uphold nationalism, socialism, democracy, and secularism—the four fundamental principles enshrined in Article 8. Any attempt to dismantle or suppress a political party that played a foundational role in the birth of the nation is not merely political expediency—it is a constitutional affront.

Article 11 proclaims that “the Republic shall be a democracy in which fundamental human rights and freedoms and respect for the dignity and worth of the human person shall be guaranteed.” The banning of a major political party, particularly one with deep historical roots and mass support, directly challenges the democratic ethos. Democracy is not the dominion of the ruling few; it is the collective voice of the governed, expressed through pluralism and political participation.

Equally compelling is Article 38, which guarantees the right to form associations or unions, subject only to reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the interest of morality or public order. The deliberate prohibition of a legitimate political entity, without transparent due process or demonstrable legal necessity, raises grave constitutional questions. It suggests not governance by law, but rule by decree.

History offers stern warnings against such trajectories. As George Orwell observed, “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” Yet Bangladesh was born through sacrifice, through the indomitable spirit of a people who refused subjugation. That legacy cannot be outlawed by executive fiat or external influence.

The involvement of the American deep state and the CIA in league with their direful local mango-twigs in reshaping domestic political realities further compounds the crisis. Sovereignty, as safeguarded under Article 7, rests with the people, and all powers of the Republic belong to them. Any external manipulation that distorts this principle strikes at the heart of the nation’s independence. As Abraham Lincoln wisely stated, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” A Bangladesh fractured by imposed political exclusions risks losing the unity that once defined its struggle for liberation.

Justice, however, is neither dormant nor forgetful. The Constitution, under Article 26, renders void any law inconsistent with fundamental rights. This provision is not merely symbolic—it is a safeguard against tyranny. It ensures that no authority, however powerful, can permanently override the rights of the people. The constitutional violations have indeed utterly occurred in Bangladesh.

The arc of history, as Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “is long, but it bends toward justice.” Nations may falter, regimes may overreach, but accountability is an inexorable force. The people of Bangladesh, heirs to a liberation war forged in blood and conviction, are not strangers to struggle. They understand that legitimacy flows not from coercion, but from consent.

To attempt the erasure of the country’s oldest, largest and Bangladesh’s founding political party – Awami League – is to attempt the erasure of a chapter of Bangladesh’s very glorified genesis. But history is not clay to be molded at will—it is granite, etched with sacrifice and memory. No regime, however emboldened, can rewrite the truths embedded in 1971 or the decades that followed.

The present moment demands vigilance, courage, and fidelity to constitutional principles. It calls upon jurists, civil society, and citizens alike to reaffirm that the Republic belongs not to transient chieftain, but to its people and their enduring will. The wrongdoers will face the tribunal of law and history alike. And that reckoning, as the tides of time suggest, may not be far distant.

For in the end, nations endure not through suppression, but through truth. And truth, however besieged, always finds its voice.

Anwar A. Khan

Anwar A. Khan is an independent political analyst based in Dhaka, Bangladesh who writes on politics, political and human-centred figures, current and international affairs

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