India, Jan. 26 -- Bangladesh's interim government's key adviser Mahfuj Alam has said former PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League will not be allowed to participate in the general elections.

"If Awami League returns to power, fascism will also return," Alam was quoted as saying by United News of Bangladesh while addressing a rally in Hajiganj Bazar area of Chandpur town on Saturday.

He said pro-Bangladesh political parties, including Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami, will only participate in the polls.

The Awami League government led by Sheikh Hasina, one of the longest-serving Prime Ministers of the South Asian country, collapsed amid severe protests against the regime over a job quota row on August 5, 2024

The party has be...