DHAKA — The 1972 constitution was a single party’s document brought in from another country, and Bangladesh can no longer keep it, National Citizen Party (NCP) chief coordinator for the northern region Sarjis Alam said Sunday.
“We want to make it clear: the 1972 constitution belonged to one party. It was a constitution passed from another country. We can no longer keep this Mujibist constitution in Bangladesh. We have come to this stage today to tear up the Mujibist constitution and demand a new one,” he said.
Sarjis was speaking at an NCP rally at the Central Shaheed Minar.
“We spent 23 years under Pakistani rule without rights. We have not had rights in 54 years of our own country either. A year ago today, we were at this Shaheed Minar when the call came for Hasina’s downfall. One year on, we still do not have our rights. We no longer want to hear words of despair,” he said.
Sarjis said many of those who stood at the Shaheed Minar a year ago are now martyrs and their families were present. “We have come to demand justice for our martyred brothers’ killings. We have asked this government for guarantees of fundamental reform. We have come to ensure rehabilitation for the martyrs’ families and necessary treatment for the wounded fighters,” he said.
The senior NCP leader said the struggle was not just about 2024. “We have come to demand justice for those who carried out the BDR killings and for the brutal killings at Shapla Chattar in 2013. In this Bangladesh, we will not accept militancy, nor will we accept militancy theatrics. We will no longer accept the so-called civil society brokers in this Bangladesh,” he said.
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