Will Bangladesh get a new president? Apart from the issue of removal of Mohammad Sahabuddin, the anti-discrimination student movement stage and some of their like-minded platforms started raising the tone for a few days to change the constitution and ban the student league. Awami League's student body 'Bangladesh Chhatra League' has been banned on Wednesday by the interim government. But the demand to remove the president and change the constitution is still pending. In this regard, several parties like BNP are opposing on both issues. From today, a section of the students is desperately coming to the field to demand a new constitution. According to sources, the leaders and activists of some like-minded organizations including anti-discrimination student movement, Inkilab Manch, Raktim Juli, anti-fascist students-Janata Manch will hold a 'red card' rally at the foot of Dhaka University's Raju Bhaskarya today, Friday, to demand the repeal of the 1972 constitution.
Their aim is to show the current constitution a 'red card'. At the same time, they also aim to put pressure on several parties including BNP. On that basis, on Sunday, they will hold talks with the interim government and some 'chosen' parties. Where they will ask the leaders for an open opinion about their demands.
Sahabuddin's chair is not going? According to sources, many like BNP, Bangladesh Communist Party (CPB), JSD are asking for 'amendment' instead of changing the constitution, keeping Sahabuddin. They think that this is the only way the continuity of the state and government will remain intact. Some religious parties and groups like Jamaat-e-Islami want to give priority to the views of the interim government on the issue of 'presidential and constitutional change'. The aim of this section is to abolish the interim government and form a new Bangladesh after the departure of the President.
The plan to erase the past by pressing the 'reset button' was told by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in America. The first step in implementing this idea is to expel the President from the Bangabhavan—the demand of one party. Osman bin Hadi, the spokesperson of Inkilab Manch, said that the interim government is with them. But there is no compromise due to the differences of some parties. In his words, 'BNP-Jamaat will definitely miss the train if they don't understand the aspirations of the students.'
