National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Tuesday said they will not allow the emergence of any new culture of fear in the country.
Nahid made the comment at a brief rally following the NCP's pre-announced street march in the Gaibandha Municipal Park area.
"Our fear was shattered back in 2024. We will not allow a new culture of fear in the country," he said, urging the people to raise their local problems fearlessly.
Referring to the sacrifice of the people of Gaibandha in the July uprising, he said the NCP will forever remember the sacrifice of the people of the district for the second independence of Bangladesh.
Recalling the sacrifice of thousands who were martyred during the July uprising for a new Bangladesh and the countless youths who were injured, the NCP convener said: "They envisioned a Bangladesh free of discrimination, alongside democracy, where the right to protest was fundamental. July uprising taught us the power of protest. We must not retreat from that lesson."
"We have come to the streets with a call to build a new country. We came to the streets to overthrow Sheikh Hasina in 2024. But our new country has not been built yet," he added.
He further said: "We have come to the streets to build that new country. That is why we started with Gaibandha. The people of Gaibandha have been victims of economic discrimination for a long time. We have come to talk about the rights of those whose rights have not yet been realized."
The NCP advocates for the civic rights and dignity of all people regardless of religion or caste, he added.