Kazi Azizul Huq, an adviser of the newborn organisation, told The Daily Star: "The intelligence agencies gathered that we have no relations to any terrorist networks.
"The government however set some conditions. Those include ones that say the party must run as per the country's constitution, and not resort to violence to implement Shariah law."
HuJI is banned at home, is listed in the US as a terrorist outfit and has been named frequently by Indian authorities for its alleged involvement in a number of terror attacks in Indian cities.
To gain acceptance as a political party, HuJI has gone out of the way to woo non-Muslims and even an American who thinks launching a political party would help separate the body from terrorism.
Last Friday, HuJI, donning the IDP label, held an Iftar party at the city's Diploma Engineers Institution that was attended by party leaders and guests including Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, editor of Blitz weekly, Human Rights Forum general secretary Sanjeeb Choudhury and Chitta Francis, a representative of the Christian community.
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