A unique day in the history of Bangladesh politics is August 8, 2024. Two 26-year-old youths took oath as advisors to the interim government, both of them, Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, who are the youngest cabinet members in the history of Bangladesh.
The political journey of the July uprising, Nahid Islam, is taking a new turn today, which could open a new door to the potential for the development of the leadership of the young generation in the politics of Bangladesh.
Although there are differences of opinion among the leaders in the July uprising, Nahid has almost unanimously held the top position of the party, which is the youngest leader of any political party in Bangladesh.
If we review the history of the main political parties of Bangladesh, Awami League, BNP, Jamaat Islam, Jatiya Party, NAP, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasad) and Bangladesh People's Rights Council, it can be seen that no one has taken such a big responsibility like Nahid.
After partition in 1947, on March 6, 1948, the East Bengal Provincial Committee of the Pakistan Communist Party (CPB) was formed, where 41-year-old Khoka Roy was elected as the editor.
Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani became the President of East Pakistan Awami Muslim League in 1949 at the age of 69. He left the Awami League and formed the National Awami Party (NAP).
In October 1972, ASM Abdur Rab, the joint convener of the National Socialist Party (JSAD) formation, was 27 years old and MA Jalil was 30 years old.
When Ziaur Rahman became the convenor of BNP in September 1978, his urge was 42 years.
In January 1986, Hussain Muhammad Ershad became the Chairman of the Jatiya Party at the age of 56.
Dr. Kamal Hossain became the head of the public forum in 1993, at the age of 55.
The Bangladesh People's Rights Council was formed in October 2021. The entitled member secretary of the party was 27 years and 8 months.
Nahid is going to become an exceptional leader in the political arena of Bangladesh with such a title in such a low overall.
Nahid was one of the coordinators of the quota reform movement that started on July 1, 2024. This movement is all over the country. It spread and later turned into a mass uprising, which led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina's dictatorial government and Hasina was forced to fall into the country.
Nahid Islam, a master's student of the Department of Sociology of Dhaka University, was earlier formed by the student organization Chhatra Odhar Parishad led by Nurul Haque Noor and formed the Democratic Student Power and was its member secretary.
