Dhaka, Dec. 27 -- Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) visited Dhaka University on Saturday to offer prayers at the grave of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi amid tight security.
32-year old Sharif Osman Hadi died earlier this month.
Rahman, 60, also paid his respects at the nearby grave of Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh's national poet, and a freedom fighter for India's independence, located beside the Dhaka University Central Mosque.
Observers saw the move as a bid by Rahman to take on the mantle of the July-August 2024 student revolt against Awami League's rule. Hadi, who belonged to a fringe party called Inquilab Moncho which had been part of the student led "revolt" against Sheikh Hasina, was b...