On 22 October 2024, the Anti-discrimination Students Movement and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee jointly announced a five-point demand, advocating for sweeping political and constitutional changes to dismantle what they describe as a "fascist political settlement" and replace it with a democratic one.[a]
History
The organisation was created on 1 July 2024. On 8 July 2024, it announced a 65-member committee, comprising 23 coordinators and 42 co-coordinators, to make the movement a success after its creation.[15][16] On 3 August, after the agitation grew in scale, the group formed a 158-member coordination team with students from various educational institutions, of which 49 were coordinators and 109 were co-coordinators.[17][18]
The protesters under the banner of Anti-discrimination Student Movement continuously organised four-point demands on 1 July 2024, in support of civil servicereservation quota reform in Bangladesh. From 2 to 6 July, students of various institutions held protests, human chains, highway blockades, etc. in different parts of the country. On 7 July, the platform called for the "Bangla Blockade", under which students staged demonstrations, marches, civil disobedience and blockades of highways and railways.[20]
Protest organised by the Anti-discrimination Students Movement in Dhaka 2024
The group led a nationwide students and public uprising against the dictatorial Awami League regime and successfully pushed her to resign on 5 August 2024. On 8 August 2024, Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud, two members of the group were appointed as advisers in the interim government led by the Yunus ministry.[22] After the Yunus interim government took the responsibility of Bangladesh's administration, the group announced a liaison committee to work on the new political arrangement.[23] On the same day, it announced a new coordination team.[24]
As of August 2024, members of the organisation were suggesting the formation of a political party within a month.[25]
On 22 October 2024, The organisation announced a four-member central convener committee during press conference at the Central Shaheed Minar. Hasnat Abdullah was made convener, Arif Sohel member secretary, Abdul Hannan Masud chief organiser, and Umama Fatema the spokesperson of the committee.[26]
Coordinators
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