Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus formally unveils the July Declaration on the Nationwide Parliament premises in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2025.
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The coed-people rebellion of 2024 that overthrew the Sheikh Hasina-led authorities of Bangladesh will get “constitutional recognition”, mentioned the July Declaration that was launched by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) in Dhaka.
The Declaration, launched on the anniversary of the autumn of Hasina authorities, blamed the Awami League for making a one-party state in Bangladesh after 1971 and mentioned the celebration was “loyal to exterior forces”.
In an announcement despatched to The Hindu, the Awami League hit again on the interim authorities and mentioned the Declaration didn’t supply something to the “protesting job seekers” of Bangladesh.
“Due to this fact, the folks of Bangladesh categorical their want that the student-people rebellion of 2024 will get correct state and constitutional recognition and that the July declaration will characteristic within the schedule of the reformed structure as framed by the federal government fashioned via the following nationwide election,” mentioned the Declaration that was launched in an occasion the place representatives of the newly launched Nationwide Residents Get together (NCP), the Bangladesh Nationalist Get together (BNP) and the Jamaat-E-Islami (JEI) stood beside Mr. Yunus.
The doc began by paying tribute to the Liberation Conflict of 1971 whereas avoiding any point out of founding determine of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and blamed his Awami League for making a one celebration state named BAKSAL (Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League), that Sheikh Mujib had launched in 1975 earlier than his assassination.
The Declaration made no point out of the Mukti Bahini which performed a number one position in launching guerrilla warfare towards Pakistani forces in 1971.
The July Declaration, introduced by Mr. Yunus at a public occasion held on parliament premises of Bangladesh, made a number of references to the deposed Ms. Hasina, terming her tenure as marked with corruption and decay, and mentioned, “…throughout the rule of Sheikh Hasina, underneath her very management, an excessive power that was anti-people, autocratic and towards human rights turned Bangladesh right into a fascist, mafia and failed state and thereby tarnished Bangladesh’s worldwide picture.”
The doc mentioned the democratic change of presidency was disrupted due to “home and exterior intrigues” and added, “..the Awami League authorities, loyal to exterior forces, utilized brutal power to suppress folks’s rightful protests towards overseas tutelage, exploitation and domination.”
In a televised speech later within the night, Mr. Yunus described the July Declaration as a “historic doc” and mentioned he’ll write to the Election Fee of Bangladesh to organise election in February 2026, forward of subsequent Ramzan. “All of you need to pray in order that we are able to progress in the direction of making a ‘New Bangladesh’ by conducting a clean election,” Mr. Yunus mentioned. He additionally paid tribute to the victims who died within the current crash of an air power jet in Dhaka’s Milestone Faculty and expressed gratitude to Singapore, India and China for serving to the survivors of that incident.
In an announcement shared with The Hindu, the Awami League described the July Declaration as a “heinous try and erase the historical past and values” of the Liberation Conflict of Bangladesh. “It has not supplied something to the protesting job seekers, who have been misled right into a regime change coup. Bangladesh had one declaration solely, and that was our declaration of independence. Nothing will substitute that,” mentioned the Awami League within the assertion despatched to The Hindu.
Printed – August 06, 2025 02:31 am IST
