ADSM: Winning a ‘Yes’ vote in referendum is the need of the hour
This news article from the Dhaka Tribune (published February 2, 2026) reports on the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM) announcing a nationwide campaign in Bangladesh to secure a "Yes" vote in a referendum scheduled for February 12, 2026. The organization's president, Rifat Rashid, held a press conference at the University of Dhaka, arguing that winning the referendum is critical to compel future governments to pursue political reforms, warning that failure would eliminate any moral or political basis for demanding change. The article also details the specific campaign schedule, including rallies, meetings with martyrs' families, and "Yes Marches" across multiple cities — including Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Chittagong, and Dhaka — between February 3–10. Rashid criticized both the interim government and the Consensus Commission as failures, while acknowledging the referendum as at least a partial opportunity to advance reform in a country he described as standing at a critical political crossroads following a period of unrest referenced as the "post-July period."
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Dhaka Tribune. "ADSM: Winning a ‘Yes’ vote in referendum is the need of the hour." Dhaka Tribune, 2026. July Archive. https://julyarchive.org/sources/adsm-winning-a-yes-vote-in-referendum-is-the-need-of-the-hou-10197b9c.
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