Fifteenth Amendment was brought to prevent fair and impartial elections in the country, so that the same government can be in power again and again. The lawyer said this on Wednesday in the hearing of the rule issued on the validity of the fifteenth amendment of the constitution. Sharif Bhuiyan.
He said in the hearing, the fifteenth amendment of the constitution is a motivated amendment. Therefore, he wants the entire fifteenth amendment to be repealed.
The hearing was held for the second day on Wednesday in the bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury. Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kajal said on behalf of BNP, “Though we are involved in this case differently, there is no conflict between us.” This is the case of the entire country. There is no right-left question here.' At that time, the High Court said, 'Yes, the entire people of Bangladesh are parties to this. Later, the court fixed Thursday for the next hearing.
Earlier, the High Court issued the ruling on August 19 after the preliminary hearing of the writ petition filed by five eminent persons. The ruling sought to know why the fifteenth amendment to the constitution made during the Awami League government should not be declared illegal and inconsistent with the constitution.
The writ was filed by five eminent persons, including Badiul Alam Majumder, editor of Citizen for Good Governance (SUJAN), challenging the validity of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The rest are Dr. Tofail Ahmed, M Hafiz Uddin Khan, Zubirul Haque Bhuiyan and Zarah Rahman.
To assist the court in that ruling (as an intervener), party secretary general Professor Mia Golam Parwar was joined on behalf of the Jamaat on October 22. And on October 29, the party's general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir joined the BNP.
The Fifteenth Amendment was brought in 2011 on several issues, including the abolition of caretaker government. The amendment recognized President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the 'Father of the Nation' and increased the number of seats reserved for women in Parliament from 45 to 50.
Reinstatement of secularism and religious freedom in the constitution and addition of principles of nationalism, socialism, democracy and secularism as state principles through that amendment.
