<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Ahead of political rallies of the ruling and opposition parties in Dhaka, the United States has reiterated that political violence has no place in a democracy and that the US favors no political party in Bangladesh.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I will reiterate that political violence has no place in a democracy, and in the United States, we favor no political party," Principal Deputy Spokesperson at the US Department of State Vedant Patel said in a regular media briefing in Washington on July 27.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said they support Bangladesh’s goal of holding free, fair, and peaceful elections.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Patel said they have also emphasized the importance of the United States and Bangladesh working together to achieve this goal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We certainly continue to believe that this endeavor has no space or room for political violence," he said. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>