C T Online Desk: Students will bring out a “Shaheedi March” (march for the martyrs) across the country today, marking one month of the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led autocratic government.
Sarjis Alam, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement which spearheaded the mass upsurge against the fallen fascist regime, made the announcement at a press conference at the Student-Teacher Centre auditorium of Dhaka University (DU) on Wednesday.
The march will be held across the country and the central programme will start from the foot of Raju Sculpture on the DU campus at 3pm, he said.
Sarjis called upon the students to spontaneously participate in the march with various memorials, including pictures, to remember the martyrs of the student movement for quota reform and subsequent uprising.
Starting from the DU, the march will parade through Nilkhet, New Market, Kalabagan, Dhanmondi, Sangsad Bhaban, Farmgate, Karwan Bazar and Shahbagh before ending at the Central Shaheed Minar.
Sarjis said the march will be held in every district and upazila of the country apart from Dhaka city.
Speaking on the occasion, Abu Bakr Majumder, another key coordinator, emphasised reform of the state. “We’ll travel across the country in groups to reform the state. We’ll try to listen to people during the visits. We’ll be the mediator, listen to the people and leave it to society. Hopefully, the people of the society will help implement it.”
He said many gangs are involved in extortion, syndicate and occupation. “The students will unite and work against these crimes. Besides, they’ll work to root out corruption. We’ll try to give them some specific guidelines,” he said.
Other coordinators Hasnat Abdullah, Lutfar Rahman, Tariqul Islam and Hasib Al Islam were also present at the press conference.
