Students in Bangladesh who led a mass uprising to topple former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last summer are now diving into politics by forming the new National Citizen Party. The aim is to create new political space in a fiercely divisive dynastic political landscape.

On Wednesday, former leaders of Students Against Discrimination (SAD), the student movement that toppled Hasina’s Awami League government, launched a new student organisation, Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad, or the Democratic Student Council (DSC), at a news conference that saw a brief scuffle between two SAD factions.

Bangladeshi students at the forefront of protests that ousted Sheikh Hasina as prime minister last year launched a political party on Friday to contest elections likely to be held by the end of the year.

Nahid Islam, key leader in the student movement, resigned from government's advisory council on Feb. 25, named National Citizens' Party convener - Anadolu Ajansı

This is the 1st time a major political party is being set up outside the control of the Mujib-Zia family. It is also strictly against the involvement of the Jamaat in leadership roles.

Bangladeshi students, who were at the forefront of last year's protests that ousted then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, are set to launch a political party this week, two sources with direct knowledge of the development said.

The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement or Students against Discrimination (SAD) turned into 'Jatiya Nagorik Party' or National Citizen Party (NCP) at a rally at Manik Mia Avenue in central Dhaka near Parliament with one of the key leaders of the July-August 2024 protests,