(28 Feb 2025)
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Dhaka, Bangladesh – 28 February 2025
1. Various of supporters of the National Citizen Party marching and chanting with posters to join the party launching rally at Dhaka
2. Various of supporters chanting slogans and waving the Bangladeshi flag
3. Mid of Sarjis Alam, chief organizer for the northern region
4. Mid of Hasnat Abdullah, chief organizer for the southern region
5. Wide of Sarjis Alam welcoming Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders to join the party launching rally
6. Wide of invited guests of other political parties at the rally
7. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Zonayed Saki, leader of Ganosanhati Andolan:
“A new political party is emerging under the leadership of young people, and we welcome it. In a democratic system, the birth of political parties is only natural. These young individuals were a significant part of the July-August mass uprising, and they are leading it. We hope that they will play a positive role in addressing the challenges ahead in establishing a democratic political system.”
8. Various of National Citizen Party leaders
9. Wide of leaders chanting slogan
10. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Nahid Islam, Convener of the National Citizen Party:
“This new independence, achieved through the sacrifice of thousands of martyrs, was not meant simply to overthrow one government and replace it with another. Rather, the people responded to this uprising with the aspiration of dismantling the fascist system deeply entrenched in the state and establishing a new political order. Their aspiration was to rebuild a state based on the rights and dignity of the people. With this objective in mind, we hereby announce the establishment of the National Citizen Party (NCP).”
11. Wide of a leader chanting slogan from dais
12. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Nahid Islam, Convener of the National Citizen Party:
“Let us join hands and build a Bangladesh where every citizen’s voice is represented, where establishing justice and fighting for people’s rights will be a fundamental goal of politics, where equality and human dignity will be the foundation of the state. Now is the time to dream anew, to march forward, and to build a new Bangladesh.”
13. Wide of leaders of the party chanting slogan
STORYLINE:
Students in Bangladesh who led a mass uprising to topple former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last summer, are now diving into politics by forming a new party.
For decades, the country’s politics have been dominated by two former prime ministers and archrivals — Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia.
The new party has been named the Jatiya Nagarik Party, or National Citizen Party.
The announcement came on Friday at a rally in front of Parliament in Dhaka, where political reforms were promised for a country born in 1971 through a bloody war against Pakistan.
Thousands of people gathered to witness the moment.
Critics of Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, who heads the interim government, say the new party is nothing but a “King’s Party” blessed by him.
But political analysts say the new platform might be able to break the decades-long traditional political power structure in the South Asian nation.
Nahid Islam, a 26-year-old prominent student leader, was named as the head of the party.
Nine other officials — all of them student leaders who rose to prominence during the mass uprising in July and August — have been named to top positions, according to Bangladeshi media.
A 151-member committee of the party was announced during the launch.
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