BAKSAL
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Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League
বাংলাদেশ কৃষক শ্রমিক আওয়ামী লীগ |
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| Leader | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Founded | 24 February 1975 |
| Dissolved | 15 August 1975 |
| Merger of | Awami League, Communist Party of Bangladesh, National Awami Party (Mozaffar) and Jatiyo League |
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Ideology |
Bengali nationalism, Socialism |
The Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BAKSAL) (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ কৃষক শ্রমিক আওয়ামী লীগ Bangladesh Krishôk Sromik Aoami League) was a political front comprising Bangladesh Awami League, Communist Party of Bangladesh, National Awami Party (Mozaffar) and Jatiyo League.
The political platform was floated as the national party of Bangladesh with an announcement made by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 24 February 1975, after the theory of Second Revolution was placed and the fourth amendment of the constitution was made on 25 January 1975. In addition, with the presidential order, all other political parties were outlawed with the formation of BAKSAL.
The party advocated state socialism as a part of the group of reforms under the theory of Second Revolution. BAKSAL was the decision making council to achieve the objectives of the Second Revolution.
BAKSAL was dissolved after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
With the end of BAKSAL, all the political parties who merged themselves with BAKSAL including Awami League became independent political parties.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his Awami League won a landslide victory in the 1973 election. Backing for the government waned, however, as supporters became disillusioned by widespread corruption. In the face of growing unrest, on 28 December 1974 Mujibur Rahman declared a state of emergency, which gave him the power to ban any political group. He pushed the Fourth Amendment to the constitution through parliament on 25 January 1975. It dissolved all political parties and gave him the authority to institute one-party rule.
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