The organisation was created on 1 July 2024. On 8 July 2024, it announced a 65-member committee, comprising 23 coordinators and 42 co-coordinators, to make the movement a success after its creation. On 3 August, after the agitation grew in scale, the group formed a 158-member coordination team with students from various educational institutions, of which 49 were coordinators and 109 were co-coordinators. Since its inception, several coordinators have been seen leading the group, including
Nahid Islam,
Rifat Rashid,
Sarjis Alam,
Hasnat Abdullah,
Asif Mahmud, Abu Baker Majumder, Arif Sohel, Ibrahim Nirob and among others. The protesters under the banner of Students Against Discrimination announced their four-point demands on 1 July 2024, in support of reforms on
Bangladesh Civil Service reservation quotas in Bangladesh. From 2 to 6 July, students of various institutions held protests including
human chains and
highway blockades across the country. On 7 July, the platform called for the "
Bangla Blockade", under which students staged
demonstrations, marches,
civil disobedience and blockades of highways and railways. One of the group's coordinators,
Abu Sayed of
Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur was shot and killed by the
police on 16 July 2024. The anti-discrimination student movement gained momentum when private university students joined on July 16. In response to the escalating quota reform movement, the government mandated the closure of all educational institutions on July 16, 2024. Subsequently, on 17 July, students residing in dormitories at public universities across the nation, including Dhaka University, were compelled to vacate their accommodations. However, due to the permanent residency of a significant portion of private university students in Dhaka, their presence within the city noticeably increased on July 18. Multiple confrontations occurred that day. Students affiliated with
BRAC University and
East West University clashed with law enforcement in the Rampura area; students from
American International University-Bangladesh,
North South University,
Independent University, Bangladesh,
Dhaka International University, and
United International University staged demonstrations along Kuril Bishwa Road and Pragati Sarani. Simultaneously, protests were initiated by students from
Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology,
Bangladesh University of Textiles, and
Southeast University in the Mohakhali area, from
Northern University in the Uttara region and from
International Islamic University Chittagong in Chittagong., 2024 The group spearheaded a
nationwide uprising, advocating for political change and successfully prompting the
resignation of the
Awami League leadership on August 5, 2024. On 8 August 2024, Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud, two members of the group were appointed as advisers in the
Interim government led by
Muhammad Yunus. After the Yunus interim government took responsibility of
Government of Bangladesh, the group announced a liaison committee to work on the new political arrangement. On the same day, it announced a new coordination team. As of August 2024, members of the organisation were suggesting the formation of a political party within a month. ==Leadership==