Dhaka, Bangladesh – Students in Bangladesh who directed a massive uprising to overthrow the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Last summer now he is immersing himself in politics forming the new National Citizens Party.
The objective is to create a new political space in a fiercely divisive dynastic political landscape. For decades, the country’s policy has been dominated by two former prime ministers and archirival – Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia.
The announcement came on Friday in a demonstration against Parliament in Dhaka, during which political reforms were promised for a country born in 1971 through a bloody war against Pakistan.
Thousands of people, mainly young, gathered to witness the moment. Critic of Nobel Peace Prize Muhammad YunusHe directs the interim government, says that the new party is nothing more than a “king’s party” blessed by him. But political analysts say that the new platform could break the structure of traditional political power in the nation of southern Asia.
The new party has been appointed by the Jatiya Nagarik party or the National Citizens Party.
Nahid Islam, a leading 26 -year -old student leader, was appointed chief of the party. According to the media of Bangladeshi, nine other officials, all of them student leaders who jumped to fame during the massive uprising in July and August, have been appointed in the main positions.
A committee of 151 party members was announced during launch.
Supporters say that a party is needed to bring reforms to the political culture of the country’s nepotism and to address corruption and lack of democratic practices.
Islam announced that the party’s mission is to dismantle “constitutional autocracy and adopt a new democratic constitution.”
“We must eliminate all the possibilities of restoring constitutional autocracy. Now is the time to dream again, to go forward and build a new Bangladesh, ”Islam said while reading the statement.
He said that the massive uprising was not simply to expel a government, but also to remodel the entire political framework.
The party is committed to promoting a political culture where “unity prevails over division, justice replaces revenge and merit triumphs over dynastic politics,” Islam said.
The organizers said they invited Yunus, the other advisors of their interim government, heads of political parties, including the Nationalist Party of Bangladesh de Zia and others.
The Hasina Awami League party and its 13 previous allies were not invited to the launch ceremony. Yunus or other advisors to their interim cabinet did not attend the event. Foreign diplomats were also invited, but India diplomats and other important global powers were not seen in the rally.
Islam and their colleagues have been campaigning for months for Hasina to be tried for Hundreds of deaths During the July of August. The student leaders involved in the new party have also spoken fiercely against India, accusing the neighboring country of exhibiting hegemony about Bangladesh, which caused an acute reaction from India.
On Friday, a giant stage was installed in an important route right in front of the Parliament building in Dhaka. The organizers said they were waiting for up to 300,000 people during the launch of the game. But the witnesses said that up to 50,000 attended the event.
After the installation of the interim government, Yunus repeatedly said that the students who led the anti-Hohasin lifting.
It was not clear if Yunus had some direct role behind the formation of the new party, but many Yunus critics said, mainly on social networks, that the formation of the party is an effort to reveal a “king’s party.”
But Bangladesh analyst Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah told Associated Press: “It is probably more than that.
“They have the aspiration to connect the young people who felt disconnected in an excellent way with the conventional political forces such as the Hasina Awami League party and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party of Zia,” he said. “And, of course, this new party has blessings by Muhammad Yunus.”
Kalimullah said the new party “probably” has “a future.”
The new party is expected to seek registration with the country’s electoral commission to participate in the next elections, which is expected to be held in December or June 2026.
The party will try to form an alliance with other parties, except the Nationalist Party of Bangladesh de Zia, which hopes to form the next government. The relationship of the new party with the Jamate-e-Islami The party is still clear.
The Bangladesh of Hasina’s Awami League is under a tremendous pressure after he fled to India and thousands of party leaders and activists have abandoned the country, they hide or have been arrested. The student wing of the Hasina party has already been prohibited by the government led by Yunus, which has been struggling to stabilize the country. Law and order situation From the expulsion of Hasina.
