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On 14 July 2024, during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, then-Prime minster Sheikh Hasina made a comment related to protests during a press conference. Protesters claimed that Hasina indirectly called them as Razakars and chanted a series of slogans. This was a turning point of the July Revolution.
On 14 July, during a press conference following her state visit to China, Hasina responded to a question about the protests stating,
If the grandchildren of freedom fighters don't get quota benefits, will those then go to the grandchildren of the Razakars? That's my question to the countrymen. [1]
In response to Sheikh Hasina's comment, in the early hours of 15 July, [2] students began using slogans such as,
তুমি কে? আমি কে?
রাজাকার, রাজাকার।
কে বলেছে? কে বলেছে?
স্বৈরাচার, স্বৈরাচার!
lit. 'Who are you? Who am I?
Razakar, Razakar.
Who said it? Who said it?
Autocrat, Autocrat!'. [3]
Protesters argued that Hasina’s statement indirectly labelled them as "Razakars" and demeaned them for advocating for quota reform, which led them to adopt the slogan. [4]
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