Key organizers of last year’s student-led uprising in Bangladesh have launched a new political party, setting the stage for an intense electoral battle in the South Asian nation, which is expected to hold polls by December.

Until recently, he served as an adviser to the interim government-- led by the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus-- that took charge of Bangladesh after Hasina's exit. Bangladesh has been grappling with political infighting since Hasina fled following weeks of mass,