Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain said the July Revolution of 2024 was an eruption of long-standing anger against autocracy. He made the remarks as chief guest at a discussion marking July Mass Uprising Day 2026 at the Health and Family Welfare Ministry’s conference room at the Secretariat on August 5.

The minister described the July mass revolution as a unique symbol of national achievement, alongside the Language Movement of 1952, the 1969 mass uprising, the Liberation War of 1971 and the anti-autocracy movement of 1990. He said public resentment had accumulated since 2009 because of alleged repression, enforced disappearances, killings, corruption, money laundering and political persecution under the then government. He said the nation would remember those killed or injured in the uprising with respect.

Hossain pledged to build a corruption-free Health Ministry and ensure quality healthcare for ordinary people. Health Secretary Md. Kamruzzaman Chowdhury said the July movement expressed public opposition to fascism and a desire for a representative, well-governed administration. Officials from the ministry and related directorates attended the discussion.