Trusting many of the advisers was a mistake

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam claimed that many advisers in the interim government have established ties with political parties and are now thinking about their "safe exits".

He made the comments about the advisory council members in an interview with Ekhon TV aired yesterday.

He said, "It was our mistake to trust many of the advisers. We should have strengthened student leadership and entered the government with a collective approach."

He also alleged that many advisers have "secured their own futures" and "betrayed the mass uprising". He warned that he would reveal the advisers' names when the time comes.

"They [advisers] felt that they could not stay in power or run the government without the support of political parties. It is also true that the political parties created various obstacles [to the advisers]," Nahid said during the interview.

In response to a question about whether student leaders should have taken the role of advisers, Nahid said. "If the force of the uprising were not in this interim government, it would not have lasted even three months."

Nahid was a key organiser of Students Against Discrimination that spearheaded the uprising, leading to the ouster of the Awami League regime last year.

Nahid, who resigned from the interim government on February 25 this year, launched NCP three days later.