Dhaka, July 20 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Sunday demanded a new constitution that guarantees equal rights, dignity, and representation for all communities, including ethnic minorities and indigenous groups.

Speaking at a street rally in Bonorupa, Rangamati, Nahid criticised the 1972 constitution for excluding hill communities. "It created a divide between the hill people and Bengalis under the guise of nationalism," he said.

He argued that people of the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) have suffered decades of division, conflict, and exploitation. "A truly democratic constitution must be written to restore equal dignity to all," he said, urging a new national consensus to replace what he termed the "Mujibist con...