BAKSAL

Formation

BaKSAL was formed on 24 February 1975. All MPs and political parties were required to join the party; any MP who missed a parliamentary session, abstained, or failed to vote with the party would lose their seat. As a result, most Awami League politicians and others from different parties joined BaKSAL; however, the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Proletarian Party of East Bengal, Communist Party of East Bengal (Marxist–Leninist), East Pakistan Communist Party, and Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist) did not join. Civilian government employees, professionals, and trade union leaders were also compelled to join the party.