At a national convention held Sunday at the Diploma Engineers Institute in Dhaka, speakers warned that citizens who voted for constitutional reforms in a recent referendum would take to the streets if the government fails to implement those changes. The event, organized by the National Citizen Party’s Reform Implementation Committee, focused on issues of energy, economy, human rights, and governance reforms.

Participants included leaders from several political and civic groups, such as Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, Nagarik Oikya, and AB Party. They criticized the government for what they described as deception and failure to honor the July Charter and the referendum results. Jamaat’s Secretary General Golam Porwar accused the ruling party of misleading the public, while Khelafat Majlis chief Mamunul Haque demanded full constitutional reform, decentralization of power, and a non-partisan administration. AB Party chairman Mojibur Rahman Manju warned of growing authoritarian tendencies and economic risks.

Presiding over the session, opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam said the government’s disregard for reform discussions in parliament leaves mass movement as the only option to ensure democratic accountability.