Inqilab Mancha on Saturday called on pro-Bangladesh cultural organizations to join its ongoing blockade demanding justice for the murder of Sharif Osman Hadi.
Abdullah Al Jaber, member secretary of Inqilab Mancha, made the appeal around 7:50pm on the second consecutive day of the blockade. He reiterated that the protest will continue even if Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus requests it be lifted.
“Even if Dr Yunus comes and asks us to lift the blockade, we will not lift it. The blockade will remain a blockade. Our struggle continues, and our struggle will continue,” Jaber said. “We will only listen to what they want to say—we will make the decisions ourselves.”
Jaber added that advisers had intended to visit on Friday but said they would come only if the blockade was lifted. He described Hadi’s initiative as “a cultural struggle.”
He specifically invited organizations including JASAS (Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sanskritik Sangsta), Saimum, SOSAS (Somonnito Sanskritik Sangshad), Kolorob, and others to join the movement.
“We want to hear voices of solidarity from you as well. Come forward, all of you, and send a clear message to those who want to lease Bangladesh’s culture to India: nothing except our own indigenous culture will be tolerated in Bangladesh,” Jaber added.
