Following the emergence of the new political party and a student body, the July uprising activists are going to overhaul the Students Against Discrimination (SAD) and civic platform Jatiya Nagorik Committee.

The two platforms became largely inactive after they floated their political party -- National Citizen Party (NCP) and student body Democratic Student Council -- as the key leaders were included in the NCP.

Also, there have been allegations of controversial activities against several coordinators of the movement that raised concerns and prompted the July uprising leaders to bring changes to the SAD leadership.

Regarding the issue, NCP Convener Nahid Islam recently said that the coordinator post in the platform no longer exists.

However, SAD Spokesperson Umama Fatema in a Facebook post said that no decision was made to dissolve the platform. 

Sources inside the two platforms said that the platforms were likely to be re-organised before Eid and there might be some structural changes.

Requesting to be unnamed, two SAD leaders told this newspaper that the platform might be made a "mass organisation" instead of a student organisation.

Some proposed removing the word "students" and renaming it to the "Anti-Discrimination Movement".

As per the discussion, the primary goal of the platform will be to uphold the spirit of the July mass uprising. However, leaders have yet to reach a final decision on the issue.

According to sources, SAD Spokesperson Umama, Hasan Inam, the secretary of the special cell on the uprising, Moinul Islam, an executive member of SAD, Sinthia Jahan Ayesha, and Maliha Namla, students of Jahangirnagar University, are being considered for top positions in the next committee.

Umama, Hasan, and Moinul are the front-runners for the roles of convener and member secretary posts.

Meanwhile, the day before the NCP was launched, the Jatiya Nagorik Committee dissolved all committees.

A press release from the Nagorik Committee said that the posts of coordinator, general secretary, spokesperson, and chief organiser would remain functional for the next 15 days and they would determine the future leadership structure.

It also said that the Nagorik Committee would continue to operate as a civil-political platform.

However, a Nagorik Committee leader said that  they were holding discussions at their party forum to finalise the new leadership.

"We are hopeful of announcing the new leadership before Eid. Some new faces are also likely to be inducted to the Nagorik Committee," a joint convener of the NCP told The Daily Star.

"Since its inception, the Nagorik Committee has been introducing it as a social-political pressure group. After the changes, the Nagorik Committee will focus more on that," said the joint convener.

Talking to this correspondent, Sarwar Tusher, the central joint convener of NCP, said, "Both platforms [SAD and Nagorik Committee] will remain active as socio-political platforms. Discussions are ongoing among us to determine the future of Students Against Discrimination, including changing its name and operational framework. The process is underway, but no final decision has been made."

SAD was formed in July last year. It spearheaded the quota reform protest that eventually turned into a mass movement to topple the Awami League government.

On September 8, the Jatiya Nagorik Committee was formed with the goal of restructuring the state, abolishing fascist systems, and successfully establishing the political framework of a "new Bangladesh". Leaders and activists from various organisations that were involved in the movement are members of the platform.