Dhaka, July 19 -- Farhad Mazhar has urged Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to "change" its name out of respect for the spirit of the Liberation War and revive its post-1975 identity as the Islamic Democratic League (IDL).

Speaking at the Chattogram Press Club on Saturday, the columnist and thinker wished success for Jamaat's national rally held the same day and advised the party to "reconsider" its political strategy.

"Dissolving the Islamic Democratic League to re-emerge in politics under the Jamaat-e-Islami banner shows a lack of political foresight," he said.

Jamaat returned to politics under the IDL alliance following the 1975 regime change in Bangladesh.

After the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the then president A...