Initially targeting leader of the opposition Vali Khan and his opposition National Awami Party ( NAP ), also a socialist party.

The Awami League emerged as the largest opposition party in parliament in the elections in 1991, following the uprising against Ershad.

In the 12 June 1996 polls, BNP lost to Sheikh Hasina's Awami League but emerged as the largest opposition party in the country's parliamentary history with 116 seats.

After Begum Khaleda Zia's BNP Bangladesh Nationalist Party five-year term ended in January 1996, the country went to the polls on February 15, 1996 where elections were boycotted by all major opposition parties including BNP ' S arch-rival Sheikh Hasina's Awami League.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP ) won the election, and Hasina's Awami League emerged as the largest opposition party.

The Awami League, with other opposition parties, demanded that the next general elections be held under a caretaker government, and that the notion of a caretaker government be incorporated in the constitution.

Although there were two general elections, they were widely criticized by the opposition parties-BNP boycotted the election in 1986 but that election gained legitimacy as the other major opposition party Awami League founded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Jamaat-e-Islami which was resurrected by President Ziaur Rahman also participated the election.

In 1996 he provided his support to the Awami League and formed a government of consensus although his party sat on the opposition side of the parliament.

When his relations with the ruling Awami League subsequently deteriorated as he joined hands with the other main opposition BNP of Khaleda Zia.

In 1973 is formed part of the opposition alliance formed by National Awami Party ( Bashani ).

He was an activist of the opposition party Awami League.

He increased the retirement age of the justices of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh to facilitate the installment of a judge, accused by the opposition Awami League to be favoured by BNP, as Chief Justice of Bangladesh.

Although he enjoyed overall popularity and public confidence, Zia's rehabilitation of some of the most controversial men in Bangladesh aroused fierce opposition from the supporters of the Awami League and veterans of the Mukti Bahini.

The move was controversial since the previous name honored a member of the Awami League who were the opposition party at the time.

It was only on 13 December 1989 that the governing League of Communists of Croatia agreed to legalize opposition political parties and hold free elections in the spring of 1990.

Once elected, Nehru headed an interim government, which was impaired by outbreaks of communal violence and political disorder, and the opposition of the Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who were demanding a separate Muslim state of Pakistan.

One of his first moves was to launch the League of Diet Members Believing the Objectives of the Holy War to counter opposition from politicians such as deputy Saitō Takao who had spoken against the Second Sino-Japanese War in the Diet on 2 February.

Japan began as a permanent member of the Council, but withdrew in 1933 after the League voiced opposition to its invasion of Manchuria.

Meanwhile the Muslim League did cooperate with Britain and moved, against Gandhi's strong opposition, to demands for a totally separate Muslim state of Pakistan.

This decision, prompted in part by Syria's need for Arab League support of its own position in Lebanon, marked the end of the Syrian-led opposition to Egypt and the 1977 – 79 Sadat initiatives toward Israel, as well as the Camp David Accords.

On 7 May, the Nationalist opposition ( hitherto led by John Latham ), the six Labor dissidents ( who had formed the All for Australia League ), and former Prime Minister Billy Hughes ' Australian Party ( a group of former Nationalists who had been expelled for crossing the floor and bringing down Stanley Bruce's Nationalist government in 1929 ), merged to form the UAP.

" He joined with 39 other senators in opposition to Wilson's proposed League of Nations.

The One Unit program of Mohammad Ali Bogra was met with quiet the harsh opposition, civil unrest, and the threats of returning of Muslim League and Pakistan Socialist Party in the upcoming elections threatened the technocracy of Pakistan.

* Aung San Suu Kyi led the opposition National League for Democracy which was victorious in 1990 general election.

This treaty was forged when Italy, originally opposed to Nazi Germany, was faced with opposition to its war in Abyssinia from the League of Nations and received support from Germany.

Accompanied by another senior minister in the Scullin government, James Fenton, and three other right-wing Labor MPs, he formed the " All for Australia League " and crossed the floor to sit on the opposition benches.

First, the American Liberty League viewed the act as a threat to freedom and engaged in a campaign of opposition in order to repeal these " socialist " efforts.

Two motions of no confidence were made by the right-wing opposition ( the Northern League and the ex-Christian Democratic splinter groups CDU-CDR ), against the Justice Minister, Giovanni Maria Flick, and the Interior Minister, Giorgio Napolitano, stating that Gelli had benefited from accomplices helping him in his escape.

* The defeat of Antiochus III by the Romans in the Battle of Magnesia robs the Aetolian League of its principal foreign ally and makes it impossible for them to stand alone in continued opposition to Rome.

It turned Protestant in 1543 after the City of Brunswick in opposition to Duke Henry V of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel had joined the Schmalkaldic League.

The Irish Land League promoted fair rents, fixity of tenure and free sale for Irish Catholic peasants, in opposition to ( often absentee ) Anglo-Irish landlords.

The Colored Citizen's Protective League formed in opposition to this ordinance and worked to prevent it from being enforced.

The League of Communists of Yugoslavia formed the National Front of Yugoslavia coalition, with opposition members boycotting the first election because it presented only a single government list which could be accepted or rejected, without opponents.

The Edict of Beaulieu granted many concessions to the Calvinists, but they were short-lived in the face of the Catholic League which the ultra-Catholic, Henry I, Duke of Guise, had formed in opposition to it.

But he was hampered by the crimes that hung around the Land League, and by the opposition of landlords aggravated by attacks on their property.

Despite his continued opposition to votes for women ( he had earlier headed the Anti-Suffrage League ), the House of Lords voted conclusively in its favour.

The word is an abridgement of which literally means “ All-Japan League of Student Self-Government .” Notable for organizing protests and marches, Zengakuren has been involved in Japan ’ s Anti-Red Purge Movement, the Peace Treaty Movement, and opposition to the Korean War in its first stage.

At that time the position of the Hansabund was also slowly but steadily declining because of the changes in trade routes and the growing opposition against the Hanseatic League in the Northern European naval states.

Not only was " Sadat's " peace almost universally despised in Egypt and the Middle East ( indeed, Sadat's own prime minister resigned in protest ), the country was expelled from the Arab League ; every Arab country severed diplomatic ties with Egypt ; commerce and trade between Egypt and its neighbors became anemic ; there were massive bread riots ; Muslim fundamentalists became more vocal and more popular than ever ; and Sadat was forced to take the precaution of jailing nearly 1, 300 opposition politicians.

He gained nominations to contest progressively safer seats at two subsequent General Elections and was in both cases elected, for Shrewsbury in 1841 ( despite serious opposition, and financial difficulties which opponents seized on ), and then for Buckinghamshire county in 1847.

Apart from this, when no party has had a majority, minority governments normally have been formed with one or more opposition parties agreeing to vote for the legislation governments need to function, as the Labour government of James Callaghan formed a coalition with the Liberals in 1977 when it lost its narrow majority gained at the October 1974 election.

However, continuing economic problems undermined the popularity of the ID, and opposition parties gained control of Congress in 1990.

As a consequence of the unbalanced social development and the labour movement's continuous position in the political opposition, the Social Democratic Party had gained an absolute majority in the Parliament of Finland, in the general elections of 1916.

He gained the support of the banana companies through opposition to strikes and other labor disturbances.

He had gained this distinction in November 1990, and no subsequent opposition party leader has yet matched this record.

Bismarck then issued an edict restricting the freedom of the press ; this policy even gained the public opposition of the Crown Prince, Friedrich Wilhelm ( the future Emperor Friedrich III ).

These actions gained it enormous popularity among the Polish youth, who joined the movement, seeing it an alternative to the opposition style presented by the Solidarity, which they viewed as more stiff and boring.

The Democratic Party, which had been in the opposition during the First Republic, easily gained power and the Second Republic was established.

Despite acquiring an increasing percentage of the popular vote — 34 % overall in 2006 — opposition parties gained small numbers of seats in the general elections of 1984 ( 2 seats of 79 ), 1988 ( 1 seat of 81 ), 1991 ( 4 seats of 81 ), 1997 ( 2 seats of 83 ) and 2001 ( 2 seats of 84 ).

Despite initial opposition from her parents and difficulties presented by a sexist society, she gained education from books in her father's library and from correspondence with famous mathematicians such as Lagrange, Legendre, and Gauss.

It has been alleged by opposition leaders that the military has gained control of political life in Zimbabwe following the 2008 elections that saw the MDC become the majority party in the Parliament.

The generally non-partisan Últimas Noticias gained circulation at the expense of El Nacional and El Universal, which remained more associated with the opposition.

Not only did he not meet any internal opposition, but he furthermore had gained the respect of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III ( 980 – 1002 ).

He gained national fame by his vehement opposition to the Second Boer War.

Madagascar's first President, Philibert Tsiranana, was elected when his Social Democratic Party gained power at independence in 1962 and was reelected without opposition in March 1972.

Despite opposition from the governments of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Lebanon, Nasser gained influence among many of the citizens of those and other Arab countries.

Meanwhile, the opposition Communist Party of the Russian Federation had already gained ground in parliamentary voting on December 17, 1995, and its candidate, Gennady Zyuganov, had a strong grassroots organization, especially in the rural areas and small towns, and appealed effectively to memories of the old days of Soviet prestige on the international stage and the socialist domestic order.

Through his capable and fatherly leadership he withstood early opposition and gained the love and devotion of his people.

During the American Civil War, Winston County gained attention for its opposition to secession, a sentiment so strong that the county is sometimes referred to as the Republic of Winston.

Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari dates this in 803 and lists various accounts for the cause: Yahya's entering the Caliph's presence without permission, Yahya's opposition to Muhammad ibn al Layth who later gained Harun's favour, Ja ' far release of Yahya ibn Abdallah ibn Hasan whom Harun had imprisoned, the ostentatious wealth of the Barmakids and the alleged romantic relationship between Yahya's son and Harun's sister Abbasa.

They gained the support of the Riksdag opposition, who wanted to end the absolute monarchy established in 1680 and reinstate parliamentary rule.

Also called Bahram Gur or Bahramgur (), he was a son of Yazdegerd I ( 399 – 421 ), after whose sudden death ( or assassination ) he gained the crown against the opposition of the grandees by the help of Mundhir, the Arab dynast of al-Hirah.

Despite opposition against the new plan, the Marcos government gained Congressional approval and Philippine troops were sent from the middle of 1966 as the Philippines Civic Action Group ( PHILCAG ).

Using the opposition to fuel creativity, they quickly gained a following and began performing at larger gigs.