ALL EYES ARE ON STUDENTS' BID TO LAUNCH A POLITICAL PARTY

Launching a student-led political party in Bangladesh is a matter of months if not weeks.

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The leaders (popularly known as coordinators) of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement have been talking about forming a new party soon after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government in a mass upsurge led by them last year. A branch called the Jatiya Nagorik Committee (JNC) has emerged out of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Strong speculation that the JNC will transform into a political party has been in the air for quite some time.

In remarks to reporters in December last year, Nasiruddin Patwary, convener of JNC, said, "The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and Jatiya Nagorik Committee are planning to form a new political party within a month or two."

Explaining further, he added, "We are currently a political initiative, born out of the 2024 mass uprising, comprising forces that defeated Awami fascism and aim to rebuild Bangladesh."