July Movement activists set to launch new party – ‘Jatiya Nagorik Party’

Dhaka, 27 Feb-The activists of the July Movement are set to announce their new political party named Jatiya Nagorik Party (National Citizen Party), confirmed Sarjis Alam, the chief organiser of JNC and a prominent leader of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.

Sarjis Alam shared the announcement in a Facebook post on Thursday.

“Banners bearing this name will be raised across the country. Let Bangladesh resonate with this name,” he wrote.

Leaders of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee and the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM) are set to officially declare the party’s formation on Friday at 3pm on Manik Mia Avenue. Sarjis Alam announced the date at a press briefing at the committee office on Monday.

He said that the new party would uphold the spirit of the July uprising in its political course.

Meanwhile, Information Adviser Mohammad Nahid Islam resigned from his position on Tuesday to join the new party.

Ahead of the party's formation, students affiliated with the July Movement launched a new student organisation named ‘Gonotantraik Chhatra Sangsad’ on Wednesday. But the move sparked protests from a faction of activists who had also participated in the movement.