Fight for ‘constituent assembly’ election to establish ‘second republic’: Nahid

Convener of Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) Nahid Islam on Friday said one of their new political party’s primary goals is to formulate a new constitution through a ‘constituent assembly’ election to establish the 'second republic’ in Bangladesh.

“We must eliminate all possibilities of reestablishing constitutional dictatorship by formulating a new democratic constitution. One of our primary goals is to formulate a new constitution through the election of a constituent assembly to establish our second republic,” he said at the launch event of the new party.

Nahid was addressing the event, immediately after the announcement of a partial central committee of the new party at Manik Miah Avenue in the capital on Friday evening.

He said Jatiya Nagorik Party will be a democratic, egalitarian and people-representing political party.

“We believe that the July 2024 student-people uprising has initiated the struggle to establish our second republic,” the NCP chief said.

He said Bangladesh can never be divided anymore. “There will be no room for pro-India or pro-Pakistan politics in Bangladesh. We all will build politics and the state unitedly, keeping Bangladesh and the interests of its people in mind,” Nahid added.