Hasnat, Sarjis slam declaration of 8 Aug as 'New Bangladesh Day'
A new Bangladesh was born on 5 August, not on 8 August, they say
National Citizen Party (NCP) chief organisers Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam today (26 June) criticised the interim government for declaring 8 August as "New Bangladesh Day".
Taking to Facebook, the key coordinators of July movement said 5 August should be observed as the "New Bangladesh Day."
Yesterday, the government officially declared 5 August as "July Mass Uprising Day", 8 August as "New Bangladesh Day", and 16 July as "Martyr Abu Sayed Day", to be observed annually.
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Criticising the government move, Hasnat wrote, "The new Bangladesh was born on 5 August, not 8 August. The government's attempt to claim the student movement's achievement on 5 August as its own will not be accepted."
In another post, Sarjis Alam stated, "The Second Independence Day did not begin on 8 August. What began then was an attempt to undermine it through compromises. 5 August is both the 'July Mass Uprising Day' and the 'Second Independence Day'."
Bangladesh's student-led uprising, which began as protests in early July 2024 over public-sector job quotas, escalated nationwide, culminating in the ousting of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India on 5 August.
Following the ouster of the Hasina-led government, the interim government was formed with the support of the protesters. Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as the chief adviser of the interim government on 8 August.
