National Citizen Party (NCP) convener and opposition chief whip Nahid Islam has accused the newly formed government, led by the BNP, of betraying the people and ignoring their sacrifices. Speaking at the triennial national conference of the Workers’ Welfare Federation at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on Saturday, he said the government came to power through the blood of workers but turned against the spirit of a new Bangladesh within a month. He described the administration as anti-people and claimed the BNP had forgotten the people’s struggles after tasting power.

Nahid Islam recalled that workers had repeatedly sacrificed their lives in the nation’s history, from the 1947 independence struggle to the 1971 Liberation War and later uprisings, including the 2024 movement. He alleged that the BNP broke its promises to turn interim government ordinances into law and to implement reforms. He warned that breaking such commitments would have serious consequences and vowed to build a mass movement to ensure workers’ rights and reform implementation.