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Sarjis Alam
Bangladeshi politician and activist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sarjis Alam (born 23 December 1998)[1] is a Bangladeshi politician and activist.[2][3][4] He is one of the coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination,[5][6] which led the July Revolution leading to the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government.[7][8][9] He has been the Chief Organizer (Northern Region) of the National Citizen Party since 2025.[10]
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Early life and education
Sarjis Alam was born on 23 December 1998 in Atwari Upazila, Panchagarh.[1][11] He completed his HSC at BAF Shaheen College in Dhaka, and earned both his BSc and MSc in Zoology from the University of Dhaka.[1][12]
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Sarjis joined the Bangladesh Chhatra League in 2017 upon his admission to the University of Dhaka. In 2019, he was elected to the Dhaka University Central Students' Union from the Chhatra League panel.[13][14][15] He resigned from the organization in 2022 and also participated in various debate competitions during his academic years.[16][17]
In 2024, Alam joined the Anti-discrimination Students Movement as a coordinator, opposing quotas in government jobs, which evolved into mass uprising culminating in the ouster of Hasina administration.[18] Alam, along with Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud, Hasnat Abdullah, and several other students from the University of Dhaka gained national recognition in mid-July 2024 when they were detained by the police[19] as the protests became violent.[20][21]
In the aftermath, On August 5, prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and went into self-imposed exile in India.[22] Nahid Islam stated that their goals weren't fully met and that the group aimed to "abolish fascist systems forever".[23] He and his organisation called Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead an interim government.[24][25]
Alam also served as the secretary general of the July Shaheed Smrity Foundation from 21 October 2024 until his resignation on 22 January 2025.[26][27] On 9 December 2024, he was made the chief organizer of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee.[28]
Following the mass uprising in July 2024, the National Citizen Party (NCP) was officially launched on February 28, 2025, with Alam as its Chief Organizer (Northern Region).[10]
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Personal life
Sarjis is the son of Aktaruzzaman Saju, a businessman, and Bakera Begum, a homemaker. His paternal grandfather, Tazir Uddin, was a farmer. Sarjis has one brother who is pursuing an honors degree at Dhaka College.[29]
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