NCP leader Abdul Hannan Masud stated that the Appellate Division’s observation—that the Election Commission acted with bias and failed in its constitutional duties—invalidates any national election held under the current EC after July. Masud demanded the commission's resignation, accusing it of betraying the public by serving a particular group rather than the nation. The Appellate Division had earlier said that the EC should decide whether Ishraq Hossain should be sworn in as mayor.