Bangladesh Gen Z ousted an authoritarian regime, but can they secure a place in the new government?

After spearheading Bangladesh’s 2024 uprising, the student movement now seems on the brink of being sidelined ahead of the country’s general elections. A large part of the movement has joined the National Citizen Party. The self-proclaimed centrist party hoped to gain political representation in parliament to represent the aspiration of Bangladesh’s youth. But political miscalculation and a lack of an ideological backbone have led many to feel disillusioned with the party’s promises.