Statement by Radical Socialist on the raging student movement in Bangladesh | July 19, 2024

The Sheikh Hasina led government in Bangladesh likes to promote itself as anti-communalis[st] and democratic. But in reality, this is an extremely authoritarian government. Two elections, 2018 and 2023, have been won by them through extreme rigging, the level of which is unachievable currently by any party in India. The raging student movement against quota culture in Bangladesh and the repression that the thugs and lumpens of Awami League is unleashing on it, is rare in India except in Kashmir. Right now, Bangladesh has been functionally turned into a prison and a graveyard. Students have observed a nationwide strike across Bangladesh on Thursday (18th July 2024) which have been called