Dhaka, June 25 -- The Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday reinstated registration of the anti-independence, Jamaat-e-Islami party.

Bangladesh gained independence in 1971 through a bloody nine-month war against Pakistan. India helped Bangladesh to achieve independence. Jamaat-e-Islami sided with Pakistan and supported the occupying army.

Bangladesh EC registered as a political party on November 5, 2008, following an application from Jamaat-e-Islami. But in 2009, the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh banned Jamaat-e-Islami through a writ petition filed in 2009. Based on that ruling, the EC cancelled the registration of Jamaat-e-Islami in October 2018.

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