Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Prime Minister's Political Assistant Rashed Khan on Sunday alleged that activists of Awami League ( now activities banned) and its banned student wing Chhatra League had joined the workers' protests at Mirpur in the capital posing as garment workers.

In a post on his verified Facebook account, Rashed wrote that Sajibul Islam, organising secretary of Jagannath University Chhatra League, was leading the workers' movement in Mirpur.

Rashed also claimed that Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP) had been instigating the protests from the beginning.

He alleged that Awami League and Chhatra League activists posing as garment workers had set fire to a police vehicle and vandalised a police box beneath the Mirpu...