Amar Bangladesh (AB) Party Chairman Mojibur Rahman Manju on Tuesday warned that bomb attacks, arson and other violence by the Awami League activists could backfire on efforts to facilitate ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's return to Bangladesh.

"Nothing can be achieved politically through such violence. Instead, even innocent and uninvolved party (Awami League) activists could face the risk of legal cases," Manju said, according to an AB Party press release.

He urged the Awami League to learn from the conflicts between the government and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) during 1973–75, saying confrontational politics ultimately benefited no one.

Manju made the remarks at a rally in Dhaka's Bijoynagar area before a protest procession organised by his party against recent incidents of bus arson and crude bomb explosions.

He claimed that Hasina had set a December deadline for her return and that a group had begun carrying out arson and bomb attacks ahead of that period.

Questioning the purpose of the violence, Manju referred to the reported killing of a sleeping bus driver in an arson attack and asked how such acts could pave the way for Hasina's return.

He accused the Awami League of failing to learn from its loss of power, saying politics based on fear and intimidation had already been rejected.

Manju warned that continued violence would further isolate the party from the public and could shift the priorities of other political groups.

"We are campaigning over public demands, including electricity and gas. But if such terrorism continues, resisting Awami League violence will become the main demand of our movement," he said.

He also warned that attacks allegedly carried out by Awami League supporters could reunite political groups that participated in the July uprising.

"Awami League's covert terrorism will once again unite all the forces of July," he said.

Manju said his party would not respond to bomb attacks with retaliatory violence but would instead pursue political, social and cultural resistance.

Questioning the effectiveness of government intelligence agencies, he asked why recent crude bomb explosions at Dhaka University and incidents of bus arson had not been prevented.

He said the government must explain what intelligence agencies knew about the incidents and what measures they had taken to stop them.

Manju also proposed forming volunteer groups involving political forces associated with the July uprising if the government proved unable to contain the violence.

AB Party Joint General Secretaries ABM Khalid Hasan and Shahadatullah Tutul, addressed the event, among others.