‘Aspirations of students, people remain unfulfilled’

NETRAKONA, July 27 (BSS): National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Sunday said the fascist Hasina government was overthrown by the historic student-people Uprising in 2024, but the hopes and aspirations that fueled the revolution remain unfulfilled.

Speaking at a rally in the district's Old Collectorate ground in Moktarpara at NCP's post street march rally, he said even after the Uprising, there are attempts to run Bangladesh under the old system. The student-masses will not tolerate it, he added.

Nahid Islam demanded immediate reforms, justice for genocide, and the drafting of a new constitution. "The new constitution must stand against Mujibism and Indian hegemony, and build a welfare-oriented state," he asserted. He added, "It must guarantee all human rights and ensure justice for the fascist government's genocide and crimes."

He further commented, "We ousted fascism through the July Uprising. Now we want to work democratically and systematically to establish a new Bangladesh through reform. That is why we are meeting the people and listening to them."

The NCP Convener called upon citizens to gather at Dhaka's Central Shaheed Minar on August 3 to affirm the July Charter and Declaration Paper for justice, reform, and rebuilding Bangladesh.

NCP Chief Coordinator Nasir Uddin Patwari claimed that domestic and foreign conspiracies continue against the country's independence and sovereignty. "As long as a single drop of blood remains in our bodies, we will not tolerate any conspiracy against our independence and sovereignty," he warned, demanding an immediate end to border killings.

NCP Senior Joint Member Secretary Dr. Tasnim Zara paid tribute to the martyrs of the historic Nazirpur War Day, saying, "We're sometimes accused of not embracing '71, but '71 belongs to us just as much as '24 does - it belongs to all of Bangladesh."