Dhaka, Nov. 11 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the Awami League will never regain power in Bangladesh, comparing the party's flight after the July Uprising to the Nazis' retreat from Germany after World War II.

Speaking in parliament on Wednesday under Rule 300 of the Rules of Procedure, he responded to concerns about law and order raised a day earlier by the opposition leader and chief whip.

Salahuddin alleged that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is in India, has been directing party leaders through video and audio calls to prepare lists of people who took part in the July Uprising and demolish their homes.

He also accused her of threatening that the July activists would soon face severe consequences.

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