Jatiya Nagorik Party, the new political party of the students who led the July-August mass uprising, is going to be floated today at Manik Miah Avenue in Dhaka city.
The Students Against Discrimination that led the mass uprising, jointly with Jatiya Nagorik Committee, another platform of the people that were at the forefront in the mass uprising, would formally announce the party at a ceremony.
One of the key student coordinators of the July uprising, Mohammad Nahid Islam would be the convener with Jatiya Nagorik Committee member secretary Akhtar Hossain to become the member secretary of the party, according to organisers.
Nahid Islam, who joined the interim government as the information adviser, resigned from the government on Tuesday to take the helm of the new party.
Organisers confirmed that the English name of the party would be 鈥楴ational Citizen鈥檚 Party.鈥�
They said that at the 鈥楴ational Citizen鈥檚 Party鈥� JNC聽 chief organiser Sarjis Alam and the Student Against Discrimination convener Hasnat Abdullah would become chief organisers, while JNC convener Nasiruddin Patwary would hold the chief coordinator post.聽
The party will be launched with a 151-strong convening committee which would incorporate a few members from outside the Students Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagarik Committee, organisers said.
They said that a declaration would be read out at the launching event that would聽聽 highlight Bengal鈥檚 thousand-year history, emphasising its tradition of coexistence across religious and social lines.
The declaration would also reflect on key movements and struggles鈥攖he Partition of聽1947, the Language Movement of 1952, the War of Independence of 1971, the mass uprising of 1990, and the student-led movement of 2024.
The declaration would also define the party鈥檚 ideological foundation with the rich cultural heritage聽of the Bengal Basin as a core principle.
The new party would be announced to fulfil the aspirations of the 2024 mass uprising, drawing from past movements and struggles where such aspirations remained unrealised, according to the organisers.
Youth leaders who played a key role in the student-led uprising that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime launched their political platform Jatiya Nagarik Committee at the Central Shaheed Minar on September 8, 2024.
The committee said that it aimed to dismantle the fascist system and pursue a new political settlement for Bangladesh.
Following up on the momentum of the July-August uprising, the leaders of Students Against Discrimination unveiled the committee鈥檚 expansion plans in October 2024, focusing on district, upazila and educational institutions nationwide.
In January 2025, leaders of the two platforms announced plans to launch a new centrist political party by February.
