In a statement marking Genocide Day on March 25, the Chief Adviser emphasized the interim government’s commitment to building a just society based on the principles of the Liberation War and the July mass uprising. He highlighted that during the fallen autocratic regime, the people of Bangladesh were deprived of their fundamental rights. The heroic role of students and citizens in the July uprising freed the nation from tyranny and oppression. The Chief Adviser recalled that on the evening of March 25, amidst the non-cooperation movement, the autocratic ruler Yahya Khan secretly fled Dhaka. That night, the Pakistani occupation forces carried out one of the worst massacres in history across Dhaka and the rest of the country. “With a heavy heart, I honor and remember all the martyrs of that fateful night,” he said.