Student leader Nahid Islam resigns from the post of chief advisor to the interim government of Bangladesh
New Delhi:
Nahid Islam, one of Bangladesh’s Interim Government’s Information Advisor and prominent leaders of the student movement, resigned from the cabinet on Tuesday. He took this step before starting a new political party by the activists involved in the revolt in July.
Islam said in a conversation with the media after submitting his resignation to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, “It is necessary to essential a new political power in view of the current situation in the country. I have to stay on the streets to strengthen the mass movement Has resigned from. “
One of the key coordinators of the July rebellion, who overthrow the Awami League government led by Sheikh Hasina, Nahid said that his role on the road seems more important than being in the government.
He said that he wants to work for the aspirations of the people for democratic change and hence he resigned from the post of advisor. He was an effective minister with two departments of information and broadcasting and postal and telecommunications.
On August 5 last year, the student movement led a large -scale rebellion, which had long demolished the government of Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister. Three days later, Younus took over the interim government.
One of the three representatives of the Islam movement was included in the Advisory Council.