The young leader of the protest-born National Citizen Party has teamed up with Jamaat-e-Islami to contest elections.
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Bangladeshi Hindus – seen as allies of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina – face mounting threats, amid anti-India sentiments.
Until August, they dominated college campuses and were accused of leading violent mobs against anti-Hasina protesters.
![Sujon, a leader of the recently banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, stares into the distance from a spot on the outskirts of Dhaka. Sujon is in hiding since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The BCL is the student wing of Hasina's party [Mehedi Hasan Marof/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_4820-1729942480.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)