Rangpur: Hundreds of students and members of the public organized a massive protest march and rally here today under the banner of the National Unity against Fascism, demanding three points including the banning of Awami League. Leaders of the district and metropolitan units of the anti-discrimination student movement, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), National Citizens Party (NCP), and other organizations coordinated the protest march that started from Lalbagh area at 4 pm.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the protest march circled around Chartola Mour, Beacon Mour, Shapla Chattar, Jahaz Company Intersection, and Paira Chattar, eventually gathering at the protest rally at the Public Library ground on the Town Hall premises. The rally was addressed by several leaders, including anti-discrimination student movement Rangpur district convener Imran Ahmed, its Rangpur metropolitan unit convener Imtiaz Ahmed Imty, and other notable figures.
The speakers demanded the banning of the Awami League, accusing it of mass killing during the July Revolution, establishing fascism, practicing enforced disappearances over the last 16 years, and looting billions of public money. They claimed that Awami League and its affiliated bodies attacked, shot, and killed revolutionary students and innocent people throughout the country during the July-August Revolution.
The protesters insisted that Awami League should not be allowed to engage in politics and should be banned immediately. They argued that the party has committed crimes against humanity and continues to subjugate the nation through conspiracies.
Imran Ahmed emphasized the immediate need for implementing their three-point demand: declaring Awami League a terrorist organization, including party-based trials in the International Crimes Tribunal Act, and issuing a July declaration.