Message from Tarique Rahman:

Despite the brutal crackdown throughout the night on students protesting for fair reforms of the quota system, with internet and telecommunications shut down across the country, these tender-hearted students have continued their protests in various locations today. Meanwhile, some overly enthusiastic members of the police, in implementing the orders of the autocratic Hasina, have arrested many BNP leaders, activists, and student protesters, including the BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General, Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, in an attempt to give political colour to this movement.

I call upon all leaders, activists, and common people of the pro-democracy political parties, including the BNP, in Bangladesh to stand by these tender-hearted students, provide them with all support, and carry this movement forward. Use all your strength to make this student-led movement successful. The fall of Hasina, weighed down by her sins, and her corrupt and anti-human rights associates, is inevitable.

Allah Hafez, Bangladesh Zindabad.