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	'''The Logi Boitha Movement''' ({{lang-bn\|লগি-বৈঠা আন্দোলন, Logi Boitha Andolan}}, {{trans\|Boat-hook and Oar Movement}}) or '''Logi Boitha Rally''' was a political rally on 28 October 2006 in [[Dhaka]] convened by the contemporary opposition party [[Awami League]] leader [[Sheikh Hasina]], in reaction to alleged decisions taken by the then caretaker government.<ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:লগি-বৈঠা আন্দোলনের ১৩ বছর \|url=https://www.channelionline.com/লগি-বৈঠা-আন্দোলনের-১৩-বছর/ \|work=[[Channel I]] Online \|date=27 October 2019 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October ~~2020~~}}</ref> It was part of the [[2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis\|political crisis in Bangladesh during 2006-2008]].		'''The Logi Boitha Movement''' ({{lang-bn\|লগি-বৈঠা আন্দোলন, Logi Boitha Andolan}}, {{trans\|Boat-hook and Oar Movement}}) or '''Logi Boitha Rally''' was a political rally on 28 October 2006 in [[Dhaka]] convened by the contemporary opposition party [[Awami League]] leader [[Sheikh Hasina]], in reaction to alleged decisions taken by the then caretaker government.<ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:লগি-বৈঠা আন্দোলনের ১৩ বছর \|url=https://www.channelionline.com/লগি-বৈঠা-আন্দোলনের-১৩-বছর/ \|work=[[Channel I]] Online \|date=27 October 2019 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref> It was part of the [[2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis\|political crisis in Bangladesh during 2006-2008]].

	== Background ==		== Background ==
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	== Events and results ==		== Events and results ==
	The Awami League and its allies called a rally on 28 October 2006 on Bangabandhu Avenue in the [[Paltan]] area of Dhaka, where many people showed up with boat-hooks and oars. On the same day, [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party\|BNP]] and [[Jamaat-e-Islami]] called a counter rally at the north gate of [[Baitul Mukarram]]. As a result, a significant number of casualties were reported in the ongoing clashes, and several sensitive videos of the killings were published in the media.<ref name=T>{{cite news \|title=The war of brutal videos and our handicapped conscience \|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2013/04/24/the-war-of-brutal-videos-and-our-handicapped-conscience \|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] \|date=24 April 2013 \|access-date=31 October ~~2020~~}}</ref> Jamaat-e-Islami claimed that a large number of its leaders and activists had been killed in the clashes.<ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:লগি বৈঠা দিয়ে পিটিয়ে মানুষ হত্যা : শিবির নেতার বক্তব্য \|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/politics/360489/লগি-বৈঠা-দিয়ে-পিটিয়ে-মানুষ-হত্যা-শিবির-নেতার-বক্তব্য \|work=[[Daily Naya Diganta]] \|date=28 October 2018 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October ~~2020~~}}</ref> For three or four days in a row, BNP-Jamaat opponents have been in control of the Gulistan-Paltan area. Meanwhile, Justice K M Hasan refused to accept the post of head of the caretaker government,<ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:কে এম হাসান প্রধান উপদেষ্টা হচ্ছেন না \|url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news/story/2006/10/printable/061028_pgbd28latest \|work=BBC News \|date=28 October 2006 \|language=bn}}</ref> which upheld the demands of the Awami League and its allies. Later, an emergency law was enacted on 11 January 2008 and a new caretaker government was formed under the leadership of [[Fakhruddin Ahmed]].<ref name=S>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:লগি-বৈঠার এক দশক \|url=https://samakal.com/todays-print-edition/tp-editorial-comments/article/1610245766 \|work=[[Samakal\|Daily Samakal]] \|date=29 October 2016 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October ~~2020~~}}</ref>		The Awami League and its allies called a rally on 28 October 2006 on Bangabandhu Avenue in the [[Paltan]] area of Dhaka, where many people showed up with boat-hooks and oars. On the same day, [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party\|BNP]] and [[Jamaat-e-Islami]] called a counter rally at the north gate of [[Baitul Mukarram]]. As a result, a significant number of casualties were reported in the ongoing clashes, and several sensitive videos of the killings were published in the media.<ref name=T>{{cite news \|title=The war of brutal videos and our handicapped conscience \|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2013/04/24/the-war-of-brutal-videos-and-our-handicapped-conscience \|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] \|date=24 April 2013 \|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref> Jamaat-e-Islami claimed that a large number of its leaders and activists had been killed in the clashes.<ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:লগি বৈঠা দিয়ে পিটিয়ে মানুষ হত্যা : শিবির নেতার বক্তব্য \|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/politics/360489/লগি-বৈঠা-দিয়ে-পিটিয়ে-মানুষ-হত্যা-শিবির-নেতার-বক্তব্য \|work=[[Daily Naya Diganta]] \|date=28 October 2018 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref> For three or four days in a row, BNP-Jamaat opponents have been in control of the Gulistan-Paltan area. Meanwhile, Justice K M Hasan refused to accept the post of head of the caretaker government,<ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:কে এম হাসান প্রধান উপদেষ্টা হচ্ছেন না \|url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news/story/2006/10/printable/061028_pgbd28latest \|work=BBC News \|date=28 October 2006 \|language=bn}}</ref> which upheld the demands of the Awami League and its allies. Later, an emergency law was enacted on 11 January 2008 and a new caretaker government was formed under the leadership of [[Fakhruddin Ahmed]].<ref name=S>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:লগি-বৈঠার এক দশক \|url=https://samakal.com/todays-print-edition/tp-editorial-comments/article/1610245766 \|work=[[Samakal\|Daily Samakal]] \|date=29 October 2016 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>

	== Charge-sheet ==		== Charge-sheet ==
	On April 11, 2007, a chargesheet was filed against 46 Awami League and 14 party leaders and activists. After filing the chargesheet, on 22 April 2007, Metropolitan Magistrate Mir Ali Reza accepted the chargesheet of the case. Following the chargesheet, the court issued arrest warrants against the fugitives. The next day, on 23 April 2007, Mir Ali Reza suspended the warrant at the request of the investigating officer and directed further investigation into the case.<ref name="DS">{{cite news \|script-title=bn:রক্তাক্ত ২৮ অক্টোবর আজ \|url=https://dailysangram.com/post/432124-রক্তাক্ত-২৮-অক্টোবর-আজ \|work=The Daily Sangram \|date=28 October 2020 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October ~~2020~~}}</ref> After the formation of the Awami League government in 2009, it decided to withdraw the cases filed against their party leaders, supporters and well-wishers in different parts of the country. Following this decision, on 9 July 2009, Senior Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Abu Saeed handed over a letter to the Dhaka Deputy Commissioner informing him of the decision to withdraw the murder case filed with the Paltan Police Station. On 17 August 2009, the court granted the application to withdraw the case.<ref name = DS />		On April 11, 2007, a chargesheet was filed against 46 Awami League and 14 party leaders and activists. After filing the chargesheet, on 22 April 2007, Metropolitan Magistrate Mir Ali Reza accepted the chargesheet of the case. Following the chargesheet, the court issued arrest warrants against the fugitives. The next day, on 23 April 2007, Mir Ali Reza suspended the warrant at the request of the investigating officer and directed further investigation into the case.<ref name="DS">{{cite news \|script-title=bn:রক্তাক্ত ২৮ অক্টোবর আজ \|url=https://dailysangram.com/post/432124-রক্তাক্ত-২৮-অক্টোবর-আজ \|work=The Daily Sangram \|date=28 October 2020 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref> After the formation of the Awami League government in 2009, it decided to withdraw the cases filed against their party leaders, supporters and well-wishers in different parts of the country. Following this decision, on 9 July 2009, Senior Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Abu Saeed handed over a letter to the Dhaka Deputy Commissioner informing him of the decision to withdraw the murder case filed with the Paltan Police Station. On 17 August 2009, the court granted the application to withdraw the case.<ref name = DS />

	== Other allegations ==		== Other allegations ==
	On 31 May 2007, Kotwali Model Police Station Sub-Inspector Sultan Mahmud Chowdhurya filed a chargesheet against 19 leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliates. The case (which was filed by Abdur Rahman on 8 November 2008) alleged that these 19 people has vandalised, set fire to and looted the office of the Islamic Social Welfare Council. On 8 June 2011, all the accused were acquitted in court.<ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:লগি-বৈঠা: মামলার ১৯ আসামি খালাস \|url=https://m.bdnews24.com/bn/detail/bangladesh/502038 \|work=bdnews24.com \|date=8 June 2011 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October ~~2020~~}}</ref>		On 31 May 2007, Kotwali Model Police Station Sub-Inspector Sultan Mahmud Chowdhurya filed a chargesheet against 19 leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliates. The case (which was filed by Abdur Rahman on 8 November 2008) alleged that these 19 people has vandalised, set fire to and looted the office of the Islamic Social Welfare Council. On 8 June 2011, all the accused were acquitted in court.<ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:লগি-বৈঠা: মামলার ১৯ আসামি খালাস \|url=https://m.bdnews24.com/bn/detail/bangladesh/502038 \|work=bdnews24.com \|date=8 June 2011 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>

	== Criticism ==		== Criticism ==
	Later, BNP leaders [[Khaleda Zia]], [[Sadeque Hossain Khoka]], [[Fakhrul Islam Alamgir]] and [[Jamaat-e-Islami]] leader [[Motiur Rahman Nizami]] and other political parties and leaders in various meetings and speeches against Awami League highlighted the movement negatively.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Khaleda Bangs on Logi Boitha Issue, Hasina Ignores Threats on Her Life \|url=https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-2008-12-21-voa2-94429334/1395923.html \|work=[[VOA]] Bangla \|date=21 December 2008 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October ~~2020~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:আ.লীগের লগি-বৈঠার জবাবে বিএনপির দা-কুড়াল! \|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/opinion/আ.লীগের-লগি-বৈঠার-জবাবে-বিএনপির-দা-কুড়াল \|work=[[Prothom Alo]] \|date=15 October 2013 \|access-date=31 October ~~2020~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:লগি-বৈঠা দিয়ে হত্যা করে লাশের ওপর নৃত্য করার পরও শেখ হাসিনা শান্তির দূত? \|url=https://dailysangram.com/post/349505-লগি-বৈঠা-দিয়ে-হত্যা-করে-লাশের-ওপর-নৃত্য-করার-পরও-শেখ-হাসিনা-শান্তির-দূত \|work=[[The Daily Sangram]] \|date=16 October 2018 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October ~~2020~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:আওয়ামী লীগ লগি-বৈঠার হুমকি দিচ্ছে: এমকে আনোয়ার \|url=https://www.banglanews24.com/politics/news/bd/59646.details \|work=banglanews24.com \|date=25 September 2011 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October ~~2020~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Rice at Tk 40 a kg result of AL movement: Nizami \|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-68770 \|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)\|The Daily Star]] \|date=26 December 2008 \|language=en \|access-date=31 October ~~2020~~}}</ref>		Later, BNP leaders [[Khaleda Zia]], [[Sadeque Hossain Khoka]], [[Fakhrul Islam Alamgir]] and [[Jamaat-e-Islami]] leader [[Motiur Rahman Nizami]] and other political parties and leaders in various meetings and speeches against Awami League highlighted the movement negatively.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Khaleda Bangs on Logi Boitha Issue, Hasina Ignores Threats on Her Life \|url=https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-2008-12-21-voa2-94429334/1395923.html \|work=[[VOA]] Bangla \|date=21 December 2008 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:আ.লীগের লগি-বৈঠার জবাবে বিএনপির দা-কুড়াল! \|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/opinion/আ.লীগের-লগি-বৈঠার-জবাবে-বিএনপির-দা-কুড়াল \|work=[[Prothom Alo]] \|date=15 October 2013 \|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:লগি-বৈঠা দিয়ে হত্যা করে লাশের ওপর নৃত্য করার পরও শেখ হাসিনা শান্তির দূত? \|url=https://dailysangram.com/post/349505-লগি-বৈঠা-দিয়ে-হত্যা-করে-লাশের-ওপর-নৃত্য-করার-পরও-শেখ-হাসিনা-শান্তির-দূত \|work=[[The Daily Sangram]] \|date=16 October 2018 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:আওয়ামী লীগ লগি-বৈঠার হুমকি দিচ্ছে: এমকে আনোয়ার \|url=https://www.banglanews24.com/politics/news/bd/59646.details \|work=banglanews24.com \|date=25 September 2011 \|language=bn \|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Rice at Tk 40 a kg result of AL movement: Nizami \|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-68770 \|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)\|The Daily Star]] \|date=26 December 2008 \|language=en \|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>

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'''The Logi Boitha Movement''' ({{lang-bn|লগি-বৈঠা আন্দোলন, Logi Boitha Andolan}}, {{trans|Boat-hook and Oar Movement}}) or '''Logi Boitha Rally''' was a political rally on 28 October 2006 in [[Dhaka]] convened by the contemporary opposition party [[Awami League]] leader [[Sheikh Hasina]], in reaction to alleged decisions taken by the then caretaker government.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:লগি-বৈঠা আন্দোলনের ১৩ বছর |url=https://www.channelionline.com/লগি-বৈঠা-আন্দোলনের-১৩-বছর/ |work=[[Channel I]] Online |date=27 October 2019 |language=bn |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref> It was part of the [[2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis|political crisis in Bangladesh during 2006-2008]].

== Background ==
The main demand of the assembly was not to appoint [[Khondokar Mahmud Hasan]] as Justice in the imminent caretaker government to conduct the general elections scheduled for January 2008. He was at one time the central leadership of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]. According to the then Awami League, the BNP amended the constitution to increase the retirement age of judges so that K M Hasan could be the chief adviser to the caretaker government.<ref name=T/> Although [[Khaleda Zia]] left power on 26 October 2006, Professor [[Iajuddin Ahmed]] was still in charge of the presidency. The Awami League and allied parties alleged that he was sympathetic to the BNP and law enforcement was following his lead.<ref name=S/>

== Events and results ==
The Awami League and its allies called a rally on 28 October 2006 on Bangabandhu Avenue in the [[Paltan]] area of Dhaka, where many people showed up with boat-hooks and oars. On the same day, [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] and [[Jamaat-e-Islami]] called a counter rally at the north gate of [[Baitul Mukarram]]. As a result, a significant number of casualties were reported in the ongoing clashes, and several sensitive videos of the killings were published in the media.<ref name=T>{{cite news |title=The war of brutal videos and our handicapped conscience |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2013/04/24/the-war-of-brutal-videos-and-our-handicapped-conscience |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |date=24 April 2013 |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref> Jamaat-e-Islami claimed that a large number of its leaders and activists had been killed in the clashes.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:লগি বৈঠা দিয়ে পিটিয়ে মানুষ হত্যা : শিবির নেতার বক্তব্য |url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/politics/360489/লগি-বৈঠা-দিয়ে-পিটিয়ে-মানুষ-হত্যা-শিবির-নেতার-বক্তব্য |work=[[Daily Naya Diganta]] |date=28 October 2018 |language=bn |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref> For three or four days in a row, BNP-Jamaat opponents have been in control of the Gulistan-Paltan area. Meanwhile, Justice K M Hasan refused to accept the post of head of the caretaker government,<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:কে এম হাসান প্রধান উপদেষ্টা হচ্ছেন না |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news/story/2006/10/printable/061028_pgbd28latest |work=BBC News |date=28 October 2006 |language=bn}}</ref> which upheld the demands of the Awami League and its allies. Later, an emergency law was enacted on 11 January 2008 and a new caretaker government was formed under the leadership of [[Fakhruddin Ahmed]].<ref name=S>{{cite news |script-title=bn:লগি-বৈঠার এক দশক |url=https://samakal.com/todays-print-edition/tp-editorial-comments/article/1610245766 |work=[[Samakal|Daily Samakal]] |date=29 October 2016 |language=bn |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref>

== Charge-sheet ==
On April 11, 2007, a chargesheet was filed against 46 Awami League and 14 party leaders and activists. After filing the chargesheet, on 22 April 2007, Metropolitan Magistrate Mir Ali Reza accepted the chargesheet of the case. Following the chargesheet, the court issued arrest warrants against the fugitives. The next day, on 23 April 2007, Mir Ali Reza suspended the warrant at the request of the investigating officer and directed further investigation into the case.<ref name="DS">{{cite news |script-title=bn:রক্তাক্ত ২৮ অক্টোবর আজ |url=https://dailysangram.com/post/432124-রক্তাক্ত-২৮-অক্টোবর-আজ |work=The Daily Sangram |date=28 October 2020 |language=bn |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref> After the formation of the Awami League government in 2009, it decided to withdraw the cases filed against their party leaders, supporters and well-wishers in different parts of the country. Following this decision, on 9 July 2009, Senior Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Abu Saeed handed over a letter to the Dhaka Deputy Commissioner informing him of the decision to withdraw the murder case filed with the Paltan Police Station. On 17 August 2009, the court granted the application to withdraw the case.<ref name = DS />

== Other allegations ==
On 31 May 2007, Kotwali Model Police Station Sub-Inspector Sultan Mahmud Chowdhurya filed a chargesheet against 19 leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliates. The case (which was filed by Abdur Rahman on 8 November 2008) alleged that these 19 people has vandalised, set fire to and looted the office of the Islamic Social Welfare Council. On 8 June 2011, all the accused were acquitted in court.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:লগি-বৈঠা: মামলার ১৯ আসামি খালাস |url=https://m.bdnews24.com/bn/detail/bangladesh/502038 |work=bdnews24.com |date=8 June 2011 |language=bn |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref>

== Criticism ==
Later, BNP leaders [[Khaleda Zia]], [[Sadeque Hossain Khoka]], [[Fakhrul Islam Alamgir]] and [[Jamaat-e-Islami]] leader [[Motiur Rahman Nizami]] and other political parties and leaders in various meetings and speeches against Awami League highlighted the movement negatively.<ref>{{cite news |title=Khaleda Bangs on Logi Boitha Issue, Hasina Ignores Threats on Her Life |url=https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-2008-12-21-voa2-94429334/1395923.html |work=[[VOA]] Bangla |date=21 December 2008 |language=bn |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:আ.লীগের লগি-বৈঠার জবাবে বিএনপির দা-কুড়াল! |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/opinion/আ.লীগের-লগি-বৈঠার-জবাবে-বিএনপির-দা-কুড়াল |work=[[Prothom Alo]] |date=15 October 2013 |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:লগি-বৈঠা দিয়ে হত্যা করে লাশের ওপর নৃত্য করার পরও শেখ হাসিনা শান্তির দূত? |url=https://dailysangram.com/post/349505-লগি-বৈঠা-দিয়ে-হত্যা-করে-লাশের-ওপর-নৃত্য-করার-পরও-শেখ-হাসিনা-শান্তির-দূত |work=[[The Daily Sangram]] |date=16 October 2018 |language=bn |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:আওয়ামী লীগ লগি-বৈঠার হুমকি দিচ্ছে: এমকে আনোয়ার |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/politics/news/bd/59646.details |work=banglanews24.com |date=25 September 2011 |language=bn |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rice at Tk 40 a kg result of AL movement: Nizami |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-68770 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=26 December 2008 |language=en |access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref>

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