The nation has witnessed the fall of the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina. The people call it the ‘Second Independence’ of Bangladesh

The nation has witnessed the fall of the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina. The people call it the ‘Second Independence’ of Bangladesh. The protest of the students at university premises all over Bangladesh for reformation of the quota system turned into a mass uprising and ended as a revolution. The sustainability of this revolution depends on how the coordinators handle the aftermath, like a countercoup, a military coup, or an administrative or judicial coup. As the establishment of an autocratic regime is still untouched and active and defeated forces are still on the move to reinstate their government, the ‘Quota Reformation Movement’ should continue and stay on the street until the whole system has not been reformed and all kinds of threats have not been neutralized. Moreover, the defeated force, i.e., the Awami League, is using minorities to intensify their pressure and destabilise the state. The way they play blame card by attacking minorities and blaming BNP, especially Jamaat-e-Islami, is heinous and old tactics. As they know such an attack will create chaos in the country, they will take advantage of that to come out to the street. In order to prevent such an attack, many Muslims, especially madrasah students and activists of Jamaat-Shibir with general people, started to guard the temples, pagodas, and all kinds of places of worship of minorities. This is a good move but not enough, as the defeated force will try another way to gain their political purpose. In that case, law and order should be stabilised as soon as possible. On the other hand, the internal mismanagements are unfolding, and many political groups have started to claim their credit from the movement for fear of not being recognised by the coordinators. It is true that all political or non-political parties, even mass people, had interest in this movement as they somehow were tortured or deprived of their rights; so, they participated to gain their own interest. In that case, as they participated as mass people under the umbrella of the Quota Movement, the movement in general should be considered a revolution of mass people and students. That is the reason why all walks of people participated in this movement, and they are claiming their demands to the interim government. The political parties like BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami are willing to run for office as soon as possible. The situation indicates that they are not willing to give too much time for arranging a fair and free election. The interim government needs some time for reforming the whole corrupted system, no doubt; at the same time, unnecessary delay may cause political crisis in the country. So, the main target of the interim government should be the arrangement of a fair and free election, and for serving that purpose, they should reform the whole establishment of the government. At the same time, the moral and legal liability of the interim government is to ensure justice for the July genocide. It is not possible for the interim government to fulfil all expectations and demands of the people, as they are not elected representatives of the people’s republic of Bangladesh. But they may start it. The fulfilment of the expectations and hope of the people depends on the sustainability of the interim government—the more government sustains, the more demand will be fulfilled. We hope every section of the people will help the government build this nation in its best form.

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