Bangladesh Workers Party General Secretary Saiful Haque. File Photo

DHAKA, Dec 15, 2025 (BSS) – Bangladesh Workers Party General Secretary Saiful Haque has said this year’s Victory Day has opened the door to new expectations.

“After a long 16 years, the nation has achieved a new victory through an extraordinary mass awakening and mass uprising, making this Victory Day significant,” he said.

He made the remarks in an interview with BSS on the eve of the Victory Day. 

He said that Bangladesh emerged as a victorious nation on December 16, 1971, through the formal surrender of the Pakistan occupation forces following the armed Liberation War.

However, he said, over the past few decades that victory was largely reduced to defeat.

Haque said that equality, human dignity and social justice were the core declarations of the War of Independence, based on which the Constitution of 1972 was formulated.

But over the last 54 years, he said, “Bangladesh has moved backward in some respects, similar to India. Like the Pakistani era, two economies and two societies have been created within one country.”

As a result, he said people’s dreams have turned into nightmares, hopes have been shattered, and the nation has stumbled far from its expectations.

He said that the central theme of the current mass uprising is the anti-discrimination movement, meaning there should be no discrimination based on religion, caste, gender or in any sphere.

Through the July Charter, he said, a commitment has been made to build a discrimination-free state.

While there may be differences of opinion as a nation, he said, national unity can be built around independence and sovereignty, national security, the democratic journey and an equality-based society.

If that unity is achieved, he said, this year’s Victory Day will carry new significance and new possibilities.

Haque expressed hope that this year’s Victory Day celebration would lead to a renewed oath to complete the unfinished political tasks of the Liberation War.

He said that only by building an equality-based, democratic, humane and accountable state, the true joy of victory will be fulfilled.