Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuj Alam on Saturday said that the July Uprising has marked the beginning of a transformation in the country, and its full realisation remains a work in progress.
"The July mass uprising is just the beginning of a change. But it is not a matter of one year or two years or one government or two governments. Governments will come and go, but due to the July uprising, the old system and old settlement have come to an end," he said at the July Revival Procession-2025, organised by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry at Central Shaheed Minar.
The procession started from the Osmani Memorial Auditorium and ended at the Central Shaheed Minar.
Mahfuj said, "We have crossed one phase and set off for a new phase. I think that all the democratic and multidimensional manifestations of this phase will not be seen in one or two years."
"I think that if all the social, political, cultural institutions of the country remember our generation that started this democratic journey, and they continue to try to build a new Bangladesh by keeping the spirit of the July Uprising, we hope that Bangladesh will be transformed into a democratic Bangladesh."
Describing the significance of the Shaheed Minar and the symbolic role it played throughout the uprising, the information adviser said, "We started from here, and we were able to celebrate the victory only after coming here."
"In the last phase of the July Uprising, teachers as well as social and cultural activists took to the streets, broke the curfew and held programs at Shaheed Minar, which inspired us greatly," he added.
"In all aspects, Shaheed Minar is a symbol of our resistance and victory. It was the place from where the one-point movement was officially declared on August 3."
Mentioning that about 2,000 people embraced martyrdom in last year's uprising while about 20,000 to 25,000 were injured, he said, "our activities are in memory of this sacrifice."
"As long as we remember the martyrs, as long as we feel the pain of the injured, we will remain committed to building a new Bangladesh," said Mahfuj.
The information adviser said that in exchange for the martyrs' sacrifice, the nation got a new Bangladesh and got an opportunity to build Bangladesh anew.
"We have to utilise that opportunity," he said.
"We had made many promises, a large part of which has moved towards implementation. Many things have changed. Maybe the fate of the common people of Bangladesh could not be changed in a year. But we put our efforts, and these efforts will continue," he added.
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