Hasnat calls on people to resist fascists instead of waiting for the government
Mr. Hasnat Abdullah, a leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP) and a Member of Parliament, has called on people to resist the fascists of the banned Awami League from their own positions. He said people should not depend on the government.
He said the government was supposed to take steps to try the fugitive Awami League and take administrative action. Even so, student groups have to come out on the streets again. They also have to catch terrorists, chant slogans and guard the roads through the night.
Mr. Hasnat said this in a Facebook post on Tuesday (10 November). He pointed to recent cocktail blasts, a bus set on fire, the death of a driver and a cocktail attack near Dhaka University. He also criticized the Awami League’s demand for political rights and rehabilitation.
Mr. Hasnat wrote that the banned fascists set a bus on fire late at night after a night of cocktail terror, and killed the sleeping driver. He said they then attacked the Dhaka University campus with cocktails in daylight and left it bloody. He said they also attacked a coordinator in public in July with weapons. He added that they proudly published a video of that attack.
He asked those who still support the Awami League’s political rights and rehabilitation a question. He asked how much more blood, fire and terror they need to see before they know the true face of the Awami League.
The NCP leader accused the Awami League of genocide in his post. He wrote that a party killed two thousand people in just 20 days and then fled the country. He said the blood stains of those killings have not dried yet. He said the party’s thirst for blood is not over, even though videos and photos of the killings exist. He alleged that Awami League leaders and activists have again come out on the streets with sticks, machetes and axes to spread violence.
Mr. Hasnat said the Awami League has no regret and no sense of right and wrong. He said they only know blood. He said people again have to take to the streets against the party. He said police, BGB and other law enforcement forces should protect lives and property, but student groups have to stay in the field instead.
He spoke about the pressure of repeated movements and clashes on the young generation. He wrote that young people gave their blood in the 1952 Language Movement, the 1971 Liberation War and the 2024 mass uprising. He asked why they still have to go out on the streets to face terrorists.
Mr. Hasnat also showed his anger over how power and posts are shared. He said ordinary young men and women, who suffered for the previous 17 years and fought against Sheikh Hasina in July and August, are on the streets again. He said they get no place in power and posts. He alleged that “nepo kids” who came from different countries get the top spots.
He also wrote that people must remember two realities of July. One is the power of the “nepo kids” and the other is the people. He said the government’s role and ability have become clear in the last two days. He said there is no gain in waiting for the government, and everyone must resist the banned fascists from their own positions.
The NCP leader also said the freedom won with the blood of more than two thousand martyrs must not be harmed by any “thief, looter or terrorist.”
At the end of his post, Mr. Hasnat quoted martyr Mr. Osman Bin Hadi, who said, “I will give my life, but I will not give up July.” He wrote, “This land is sacred, stained with the blood of thousands of martyrs. We will not let it become a shelter for genocide committers and fugitive fascists even for a moment. Inqilab Zindabad.”
