The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement has declined President Md Shahabuddin's invitation to attend a Victory Day event at the Bangabhaban.
Many key leaders of the movement were invited to the event but collectively decided to reject the invitation.
The decision was confirmed on Monday afternoon after discussions with several coordinators of the movement.
Umaima Fatema, the spokesperson for the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, said, "We have called for President Shahabuddin's resignation. Under these circumstances, attending his event to celebrate Victory Day would go against the spirit and objectives of the mass uprising."
The group also issued a statement addressing the president's event at Bangabhaban.
The statement, shared by Jahid Ahsan, head of the movement's media cell, reads:
"The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement has rejected the invitation to celebrate Victory Day at the Bangabhaban with President Shahabuddin, who is associated with the fascist regime. In accordance with the Executive Committee's decision, no leader or activist from our movement will attend the event. Observing such a significant day of national pride at the invitation of a president connected to fascism is inconsistent with the goals of our mass uprising."
—bdnews24.com
