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Anti-discriminations Students Movement (Bengali: বৈষম্যবিরোধী ছাত্র আন্দোলন, romanized: Bôiṣômyôbirōdhī Chātrô Āndōlôn) is a politically non-affiliated platform of student activists in Bangladesh formed in 2024 during the nationwide student-led quota reform movement. The group is credited for the ousting of the country's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on 5 August 2024 through the Student–People's uprising.

On 22 October 2024, the Anti-discrimination Students Movement and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee jointly announced a five-point demand, advocating for sweeping political and constitutional changes to dismantle what they describe as a "fascist political settlement" and replace it with a democratic one.

History

The organisation was created on 1 July 2024. On 8 July 2024, it announced a 65-member committee, comprising 23 coordinators and 42 co-coordinators, to make the movement a success after its creation. On 3 August, after the agitation grew in scale, the group formed a 158-member coordination team with students from various educational institutions, of which 49 were coordinators and 109 were co-coordinators.

Since its inception, several coordinators have been seen at the helm of this group. Among them are Nahid Islam, Rifat Rashid, student of International Relations Department of University of Dhaka, Sarjis Alam, student of Botany Department of Dhaka University, Hasnat Abdullah, Asif Mahmud and Abu Bakr Majumdar of English Department, Arif Sohel, student of Jahangirnagar University and others.

The protesters under the banner of Anti-discrimination Student Movement continuously organised four-point demands on 1 July 2024, in support of civil service reservation quota reform in Bangladesh. From 2 to 6 July, students of various institutions held protests, human chains, highway blockades, etc. in different parts of the country. On 7 July, the platform called for the "Bangla Blockade", under which students staged demonstrations, marches, civil disobedience and blockades of highways and railways.

One of the group's coordinators, Abu Sayed of Rangpur's Begum Rokeya University, was shot and killed by the police on 16 July 2024.

The group led a nationwide students and public uprising against the dictatorial Awami League regime and successfully pushed her to resign on 5 August 2024. On 8 August 2024, Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud, two members of the group were appointed as advisers in the interim government led by the Yunus ministry. After the Yunus interim government took the responsibility of Bangladesh's administration, the group announced a liaison committee to work on the new political arrangement. On the same day, it announced a new coordination team. As of August 2024, members of the organisation were suggesting the formation of a political party within a month.

On 22 October 2024, The organisation announced a four-member central convener committee during press conference at the Central Shaheed Minar. Hasnat Abdullah was made convener, Arif Sohel member secretary, Abdul Hannan Masud chief organiser, and Umama Fatema the spokesperson of the committee.

Coordinators

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1. Nahid Islam
2. Sarjis Alam
3. Asif Mahmud
4. Mahfuz Alam (liaison committee)
5. Shadik Kayem (DU Shibir President)
6. Rifat Rashid
7. Hasnat Abdullah (convener)
8. Abu Sayed (Rangpur)
9. Abu Baker Mazumder
10. Abdul Hannan Masud (chief organiser)
11. Arif Shohel [bn] (member secretary)
12. Khan Talat Mahmud Rafy (Chattogram)
13. Nusrat Tabassum
14. Abdul Kader
15. Mahin Sarker
16. Hasib Al Islam
17. Umama Fatema (spokesperson)
18. Abdullah Salehin Ayon

See also

• Student-People's uprising – 2024 mass uprising in BangladeshPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• July Shaheed Smrity Foundation – Welfare organisation in Bangladesh
• Jatiya Nagorik Committee – Bangladeshi political platform
• Gonotantrik Chhatra Shakti – Student organization in Bangladesh

Notes

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• Bangladesh quota reform movement
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