National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam said in Kushtia on Tuesday that the party would not accept foreign hegemony in Bangladesh anymore.
During the party鈥檚 ongoing programme marking the first anniversary of the 2024 July uprising, Nahid also said that the NCP would resist if any political party wanted to accept domination of foreign countries.
鈥榃e fought against Indian hegemony in the country following the path of Abrar Fahad. We will resist if any political party wants to become a slave of such foreign domination again. Citizens of Bangladesh will resist it,鈥� said Nahid while addressing a brief rally at Nimtola Bazar in Kushtia on the eighth day of the party鈥檚 countrywide rally.
Nahid was also a former central leader of Students Against Discrimination that spearheaded the July uprising to oust the Awami League regime on August 5, 2024.
He stated, 鈥榃e have become free from the slavery of India. We have become free from the slavery of 鈥楶indi鈥� (Rawalpindi, once the capital of Pakistan).鈥�
鈥楤angladesh will stand tall with freedom and sovereignty in the upcoming days. We will create our politics and our state,鈥� said the NCP leader.
Nahid also said that the NCP would continue its struggle until ensuring trial of the Awami League and its leaders for the massacres during the mass uprising, reforms in various sectors, and a new constitution for the country.
Earlier, in the morning, NCP leaders and activists offered prayers at the grave of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology student Abrar Fahad, who was brutally beaten to death inside his residential hall on October 7, 2019, by leaders of the university Chhatra League unit after he posted comments on Facebook criticising Bangladesh鈥檚 agreements with India.
After the prayers, Nahid said that Abrar was an inspiration to organise protests against Indian aggression and against fascism.聽聽聽
The NCP began the nationwide march on July 1 from Rangpur by offering prayers for uprising martyr Abu Sayed as part of its July 1- August 5 countrywide programme to mark the first anniversary of the uprising.
A group of students and youth leaders who led the uprising formed the NCP on February 28.
NCP leaders and activists, including the party鈥檚 chief organiser for North Sarjis Alam, chief organiser for South Hasnat Abdullah, chief coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary, senior joint member secretary Tasnim Jara, senior joint convener Ariful Islam Adeeb and joint convener Nusrat Tabassum, among others, participated in the marches and rallies in Kushtia and Meherpur.
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 Chuadanga and Jhenaidah districts today.
