Dhaka, March 21 -- Hasnat Abdullah, a leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has claimed that the Awami League is "under pressure" from the military administration to return to politics.

In a Facebook post around 2am on Friday, Hasnat claimed that he and two other individuals had been presented with a proposal for a "Refined Awami League" by the "cantonment".

The meeting, which took place at 2:30pm on Mar 11, ended abruptly after a heated exchange with a senior army officer, he added.

No official response was made from the army headquarters or the ISPR regarding the demands of this former student leader, who left the Chhatra League amid the July movement.

Organiser of the NCP's southern unit, Hasnat wrote, "We were proposed a dea...