National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam at a rally in Munshiganj on Friday said that the party would continue its fight against fascism and ‘Mujibism’ until eradicating every possibility of their re-emergence.
As part of the party’s ongoing programme marking the first anniversary of the July uprising, Nahid said, ‘We will not stop until finishing the fight that we began against fascism and Mujibism through the uprising.’
The student-led July uprising ousted the authoritarian Awami League regime on August 5, 2024.
‘We know that there is another battle ahead. We are preparing for the battle too. We know that we will have to fight the battle on different fronts,’ said Nahid while addressing a rally at Krishi Bank Mor in Munshiganj city on the 18th day of the party’s countrywide march.
Nahid was also a former central leader of the Students Against Discrimination that spearheaded the July uprising.
Nahid said that the party was pressing the authorities concerned for introducing voting system for expatriate Bangladeshis.
Referring to the July 16 attack on the NCP rally in Gopalganj, he said that even if similar attacks would take place in the coming days, their movement would not stop.
Seeking support from the people of Munshiganj, he promised actions against river erosion and illegal sand extraction in the district.
The NCP began its national-level march on July 1 from Rangpur by offering prayers for uprising martyr Abu Sayeed as part of its July 1-August 5 countrywide programme to mark the first anniversary of the uprising.
A group of student and youth leaders who led the uprising formed the NCP on February 28.
While addressing the rally in Munshiganj, NCP chief organiser for North Sarjis Alam said that the country would not be truly free until abolition of fascism, reported ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· correspondent in Munshiganj.
NCP leaders and activists, including the party’s member secretary Akhter Hossen, chief organiser for South Hasnat Abdullah, chief coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary, senior joint convener Samanta Shermeen, senior joint member secretary Tasnim Jara and joint convener Anik Roy, among others, participated in the rally.
After the rally in Munshiganj, the NCP leaders and activists also held a rally and brought out a march in Narayanganj city on Friday.
Addressing the Narayanganj rally, Nahid said that a few families had ruled the city for years and continued extortion, killing and violation of civil rights.
The NCP is scheduled to hold marches in all districts till July 30, demanding trial of the Awami League and its leaders for the massacres during the mass uprising, reforms in various sectors, and a new constitution aiming at building a discrimination-free Bangladesh.
The party leaders and activists will hold marches and rallies in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts today.
