Bangladesh, April 10 -- Leader of the Opposition and Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday demanded that his party's name be removed from the list of organisations described as forces opposed by freedom fighters during the 1971 Liberation War in the National Freedom Fighters' Council Act, 2022.

He made the demand in parliament on the 12th day of the first session while speaking on a bill placed by Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Aazam Khan to amend the law.

During his speech, Shafiqur Rahman objected to the definition of "Bir Muktijoddha" in the existing law, which lists the then Muslim League, Jamaat-e-Islami and Nezam-e-Islam alongside auxiliary forces of the Pakistani army.

According to the National F...