Dhaka, March 1 -- The National Citizen Party, or NCP, asserts that the July Uprising was not merely an effort to replace one government with another, but a broader movement driven by the public's demand for a new political order in Bangladesh.

Framing the uprising as a rejection of a "fascist system," the party asserted that citizens sought to dismantle entrenched structures of power and establish a "rights-based state".

After its launch on Friday, the NCP declared its intention to transform public aspirations into reality, vowing to establish a "second republic," and draft a new constitution to cement that vision.

The party, founded by the Anti-discrimination Student Movement and the National Citizens' Committee-two groups that played...