Published: 01:05 AM, 28 June 2026
'Implement referendum verdict or face a united movement'
If the government led by the BNP is not implemented the referendum of verdict, a united street movement will be launched, said leaders of the 11-party opposition alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
They came up with the warning while speaking at a divisional rally in Mymensingh on Saturday.
Addressing the BNP, several speakers claimed that people had voted for the party based on commitments made in the July Charter.
They also alleged that the BNP was ignoring the referendum verdict, including the July Charter, and accused it of adopting "fascist" practices.
Speaking as the chief guest, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis Ameer Muhammad Mamunul Haque said they wanted the peaceful implementation of what he described as the will of "70 percent of the people".
He warned that if the government failed to implement the referendum verdict and if the BNP deprived people of their voting rights "like Sheikh Hasina", the party would face the same political consequences.
Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar alleged that the BNP, with the support of the interim government, had manipulated the election.
He said his party accepted the election results in the interest of political stability and building a "new Bangladesh" free from political conflict, corruption and inequality.
Porwar warned that if the referendum verdict was not implemented, a united street movement would continue.
He also alleged that if the BNP attempted to undermine the voting rights of what he described as "70 percent of the people", its leadership would face the same fate as Sheikh Hasina.
NCP leader Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan alleged that the BNP had repeatedly failed to run the country effectively.
He also claimed that the government had not taken effective action over 'July Massacre', the crackdown on protesters by the then Awami League government during the July Uprising of 2024.
He said the government had increased the prices of fuel, electricity and other essential commodities, and had failed to explain the outcomes of the Prime Minister's recent visits to China and Malaysia.
Among others, acting Ameer of the Nizam-e-Islam Party Maulana Abdul Qayyum Sobhani, Bangladesh Labour Party Chairman Dr Mostafizur Rahman Iran, and local leaders of the 11-party alliance were present at the rally.
