In Bangladesh, the National Citizens’ Party (NCP), a new political platform formed by student activists from the July-August Movement, was officially launched this evening at Manik Miah Avenue in Dhaka.
Leaders from the Jatiya Nagorik Committee and Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, who played a key role in last year’s protests that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, united to form the party. Nahid Islam, a former interim government adviser, was appointed party convener.
The NCP leaders called for a Constituent Assembly election to draft a new constitution. Several political party leaders, including BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, attended the launching ceremony.
The new Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad, or Democratic Student Council, includes key organisers from the powerful Students Against Discrimination (SAD) group that spearheaded the uprising that overthrew iron-fisted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August.