Protests erupted again in Bangladesh on Saturday, when demonstrators surrounded the Supreme Court in Dhaka and warned the chief justice and other judges to resign within an hour, The Daily Star reported. Protesters have warned that they will storm the residences of the judges and Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan if they do not resign.
When news spread that the Chief Justice had called a full court meeting, hundreds of protesters, including students and lawyers, began marching towards the Supreme Court.
A protester, Abdul Muqaddim, claimed that a conspiracy was being hatched by the Chief Justice to declare the interim government illegal.
“The fascists are trying to use the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice to declare the interim government illegal. That is why we have come to the Supreme Court premises to force the Chief Justice to resign,” Muqaddim told the Daily Star.
Asif Mahmud, an adviser to the interim government’s sports ministry, also demanded the “unconditional resignation of Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan” and the cancellation of the full court meeting.
The report said that amid the tension, the Chief Justice postponed the meeting of the judges.
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