Wednesday, 05 November, 2025
The National Citizen Party (NCP) has laid the blame squarely at the door of the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and the Awami League for what it calls decades of “political failure” that have led to repeated uprisings in Bangladesh.
Speaking at a discussion marking Jail Killing Day on Tuesday at the party’s temporary office in Dhaka’s Banglamotor, its leaders criticised all three parties for “failing” to build a democratic state after independence.
Although the NCP did not directly address the 1975 jail killings, the event -- titled “The Inevitable Outcome of Post-Liberation State-Building Failures: November 1975” -- focused on the political events that followed.
The party is founded by the Anti-discrimination Student Movement and the National Citizens’ Committee—two groups that played a central role in the July Uprising of 2024.
NCP Member Secretary Akhter Hossen said, “The last 50 years of Bangladesh’s history are marked by failure. These failures stem from the political parties themselves. Our system was never democratic. After 1975, the opportunity for change was lost.
“In 1990, the Awami League, Jamaat, and BNP pledged reforms, but none of them kept their promises. We do not want any more failure in Bangladesh.
“The system keeps producing autocrats, forcing people to sacrifice their lives on the streets -- life should not be this cheap.”
Akhter hinted that the deviation from democracy after the Liberation War paved the way for the 1975 assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the subsequent political upheavals.
He said: “After independence, if Sheikh Mujib had maintained a democratic mindset, we wouldn’t have seen the events of 1975. Politics could have followed a constitutional path. This responsibility lies not only with the Awami League but also with other parties.”
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The National Citizen Party (NCP) has laid the blame squarely at the door of the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and the Awami League for what it calls decades of “political failure” that have led to repeated uprisings in Bangladesh.
Speaking at a discussion marking Jail Killing Day on Tuesday at the party’s temporary office in Dhaka’s Banglamotor, its leaders criticised all three parties for “failing” to build a democratic state after independence.
Although the NCP did not directly address the 1975 jail killings, the event -- titled “The Inevitable Outcome of Post-Liberation State-Building Failures: November 1975” -- focused on the political events that followed.
The party is founded by the Anti-discrimination Student Movement and the National Citizens’ Committee—two groups that played a central role in the July Uprising of 2024.
NCP Member Secretary Akhter Hossen said, “The last 50 years of Bangladesh’s history are marked by failure. These failures stem from the political parties themselves. Our system was never democratic. After 1975, the opportunity for change was lost.
“In 1990, the Awami League, Jamaat, and BNP pledged reforms, but none of them kept their promises. We do not want any more failure in Bangladesh.
“The system keeps producing autocrats, forcing people to sacrifice their lives on the streets -- life should not be this cheap.”
Akhter hinted that the deviation from democracy after the Liberation War paved the way for the 1975 assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the subsequent political upheavals.
He said: “After independence, if Sheikh Mujib had maintained a democratic mindset, we wouldn’t have seen the events of 1975. Politics could have followed a constitutional path. This responsibility lies not only with the Awami League but also with other parties.”
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