Dhaka: Akhter Hossain, the member secretary of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has stated at a protest rally that attempts such as grenade attacks or bomb blasts will not suppress the voice of justice or halt progress. He emphasized that those who believe such violent actions can succeed are gravely mistaken.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Akhter addressed a gathering at the Shahbagh intersection, condemning recent cocktail attacks near the NCP’s central office at Bangla Motor. He described these twin explosions, which coincided with the party’s submission of its registration application to the Election Commission, as a coordinated attempt to destabilize the party and suppress its reformist agenda.
Akhter accused the old establishment, which he claims built its power on corruption, violence, and authoritarianism, of feeling threatened by the NCP’s people-centered movement. He argued that the attacks are part of a broader conspiracy to recreate an environment of fear and revert the country to a failed fascist rule.
He asserted that the spirit of the people’s uprising cannot be stopped by making NCP activists insecure and vowed not to retreat even if lives are at stake. Akhter pointed out that since the NCP’s emergence as a reform-oriented political force, its digital and grassroots activists have faced increasing online and street-level assaults, culminating in Monday’s physical violence.
Akhter criticized the lack of arrests despite repeated provocations and unlawful activities by elements of the banned Awami League, Chhatra League, and Jubo League, suggesting that this silence emboldens the remnants of fascism. He called for urgent action, demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the attacks and those conspiring against the democratic process.
He concluded by affirming that no amount of intimidation will compromise the uprising’s goals, emphasizing that the movement is driven by the dreams of martyred brothers and is rooted in the people. Senior party leaders joined Akhter in the midnight protest.