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Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League
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<p>The Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League , abbreviated as BaKSAL, was the <a href="/facts/One-party_state/bTmHoaGu">sole legal</a> <a href="/facts/Ruling_party/ENab8XfA">ruling party</a> of <a href="/facts/Bangladesh/NXk4f78Y">Bangladesh</a> from January to August 1975. The party comprised politicians from the <a href="/facts/Awami_League/fEBcEtjJ">Awami League</a>, the <a href="/facts/Communist_Party_of_Bangladesh/l4zue3p9">Communist Party of Bangladesh</a>, the <a href="/facts/National_Awami_Party_(Muzaffar)/3zFkvGGc">National Awami Party (Muzaffar)</a>, <a href="/facts/Bangladesh_National_League/IsbM4egc">Bangladesh National League</a> and <a href="/facts/Parbatya_Chattagram_Jana_Samhati_Samiti/IMXyHCbT">Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti</a>. The party advocated for <a href="/facts/Democratic_socialism/JGdYaWre">democratic socialism</a> as a part of reforms under the theory of the <a href="/facts/Second_Revolution_(Bangladesh)/kwT3hL9a">Second Revolution</a>, which BaKSAL worked to achieve the objectives of. </p><p>The party was founded on 25 January 1975 by <a href="/facts/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman/hyrEWNwB">Sheikh Mujibur Rahman</a> following the <a href="/facts/Amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Bangladesh/lTQWW09k">Fourth Amendment to the constitution</a>. A presidential order also outlawed all political parties other than BaKSAL, creating a <a href="/facts/State_of_emergency/YYWgKFPq">state of emergency</a> and obligating other parties to join the front. BaKSAL was dissolved after the <a href="/facts/Assassination_of_Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman/XPEsYFSK">assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman</a> in August 1975. </p>