Desk Report,
Government is reconsidering the decision regarding the day
The Cabinet Division of the interim government issued separate circulars last Wednesday declaring August 5 as the ‘July Mass Uprising Day’, August 8 as the ‘New Bangladesh Day’ and July 16 as the ‘Martyr Abu Sayeed Day’. Many people, including top leaders of the National Citizens Party (NCP), objected to the declaration of August 8 as the ‘New Bangladesh Day’ among these three days. In the face of that objection, the government is considering reconsidering the decision regarding the day.
Government is reconsidering the decision regarding the day
In this regard, Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, advisor to the interim government, told Prothom Alo on his mobile phone around 8:30 pm on Friday, ‘The decisions regarding the day are being reconsidered. Discussions are underway at various levels of the government regarding the three announced days.
Asif Mahmud, who joined the interim government as a student representative of the July Uprising, is now the advisor to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, and Youth and Sports.
Earlier, the circular issued by the Cabinet Division on Wednesday announcing the three days asked all the ministries, departments, and organizations concerned to observe these three days properly every year.
The day after the circular was issued, Hasnat Abdullah, the chief organizer of the southern region of the NCP, wrote in a post on Facebook on Thursday afternoon, ‘New Bangladesh was born on August 5. Not on August 8. The government’s attempt to appropriate this achievement of the general students and public on August 5 will not be accepted.’
On the other hand, Sarjis Alam, the chief organizer of the northern region of the NCP, wrote on Facebook on Thursday, ‘The second independence did not begin on August 8. The campaign to destroy the second independence, to make concessions and to defeat the revolution has begun.’ He also wrote on Facebook, August 5 is the ‘July Mass Uprising Day’ and ‘Second Independence Day.’
After Hasnat-Sarjis, NCP Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain also posted on Facebook in this regard. He wrote, ‘The New Bangladesh Day will be the day when the July Declaration comes, the day when the July Charter is signed on the basis of fundamental reforms.’
