Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League
{{Short description|Volunteer wing of the Bangladesh Awami League}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League
| full_name =
| native_name = বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী স্বেচ্ছাসেবক লীগ
| native_name_lang = bn
| logo = Logo of Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League.svg
| logo_size = 180px
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Gazi Mesbaul Hossain Shachchu
| leader_title2 = Founder
| leader_name2 = AFM Bahauddin Nasim
| leader_title3 = General Secretary
| leader_name3 = Afzalur Rahman Babu
| formation = {{start date and age|1994|7|27}}
| headquarters = 23, Bangabondhu Avenue, Dhaka
| website = {{URL|https://bassl.org/|Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League}}
| position = Far-right
| parent_organisation = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League ({{langx|bn|
বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী স্বেচ্ছাসেবক লীগ}}) is an associate body and the volunteer wing of the Bangladesh Awami League. Gazi Mesbaul Hossain Shachchu is the Acting President{{cite news |title=AL candidates to get final nominations by tomorrow: Quader |url=http://www.bssnews.net/?p=132070 |access-date=25 January 2019 |work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha}}{{cite news |title=AL supporters gather at Bangabandhu Avenue |url=https://www.clickittefaq.com/al-supporters-gather-at-bangabandhu-avenue/ |work=The Daily Ittefaq |date=25 October 2013 |access-date=25 January 2019 |archive-date=25 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125184802/https://www.clickittefaq.com/al-supporters-gather-at-bangabandhu-avenue/ |url-status=dead }} and Afzalur Rahman Babu is the general secretary of the organization.{{cite news |title=ASL leaders demand deportation of Bangabandhu's killers |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/en/politics/news/28390 |work=Jago News 24 |access-date=25 January 2019}}
History
Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League was founded on 27 July 1994.{{cite news |title=Mosharraf urges AL men to work together to win polls |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/47086/mosharraf-urges-al-men-to-work-together-to-win-polls |work=New Age (Bangladesh) |language=en |access-date=25 January 2019}}{{cite news |title=Colourful procession |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/325363/2018/07/28/Colourful-procession |work=Daily Sun |language=en |access-date=25 January 2019 |archive-date=25 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183330/http://www.daily-sun.com/post/325363/2018/07/28/Colourful-procession |url-status=dead }} It traces its origin to the Swechchhasebak Bahini founded in 1949 at the establishment of the Awami League by Zillur Rahman.{{Cite web |title=Swechchhasebak League's 28th founding anniversary tomorrow {{!}} National |url=https://www.bssnews.net/news/national/73831 |access-date=15 January 2023 |website=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha}}
In 2008, Pankaj Debnath, General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League was sentenced to jail for corruption by a special anti-corruption court established in the MP hostel of the Jatiya Sangshad complex by the Caretaker Government during the 2006-2008 Bangladeshi political crisis.{{cite news |title=The convicted politicians |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-42211 |work=The Daily Star |date=22 June 2008 |language=en |access-date=25 January 2019}}{{cite news |title='Release Pankaj Debnath' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-61783 |work=The Daily Star |date=4 November 2008 |language=en |access-date=25 January 2019}} He is the incumbent Member of Parliament from Barisal-4.{{cite news |title=Hostage in our own country? |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/opinion/hostage-our-own-country-1615177 |work=The Daily Star |date=3 August 2018 |language=en |access-date=25 January 2019}}
On 25 November 2013, Rabiul Islam, the General Secretary of Deyara Union unit of Awami Swecchasebak League was killed in clashes with Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters after they called a strike.{{cite news |title=6 killed, 131 hurt, 60 held |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/articles/11400/p |work=banglanews24.com |date=25 November 2013 |language=en |access-date=25 January 2019 |archive-date=26 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126000846/https://www.banglanews24.com/articles/11400/p |url-status=dead }} Swechasabak League organized an exhibition on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, called "History Speaks Up", at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on 15 August 2012.{{cite news |title=Homage paid to Bangabandhu |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/cache/cached-news-details-246335.html |work=The Daily Star |access-date=25 January 2019}} President of Sadarghat, Chittagong unit of Swechasebak League, Ibrahim Manik, was shot dead in December 2016 in Chittagong.{{cite news |title=Swechchhasebak League leader shot dead |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/12/12/swechchhasebak-league-leader-shot-dead |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=11 December 2016 |access-date=25 January 2019}} On 1 August 2018, they bought out a procession of light in memory of former president Mujib in a lead up to marking his assassination in August.{{cite news |title=Month of mourning begins with nation recalling Bangabandhu |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/325363/2018/07/28/Colourful-procession |work=Daily Sun (Bangladesh) |access-date=25 January 2019 |archive-date=25 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183330/http://www.daily-sun.com/post/325363/2018/07/28/Colourful-procession |url-status=dead }}
On 13 December 2018, Asadul Islam Ershad, General Secretary of Muladholi Union unit of the Awami Swechasebak League, was killed in general election-related violence.{{cite news |title=Polls atmosphere becoming violent! |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/199086/polls-atmosphere-becoming-violent |work=The New Nation |language=en |access-date=25 January 2019}}
References
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Category:1994 establishments in Bangladesh
Category:Organisations based in Dhaka
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