Nurul Islam Bulbul, MP for Chapainawabganj-3 and amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Dhaka South, criticised the government over electricity and fuel shortages, rising commodity prices, corruption and mismanagement at a student-youth gathering in Bholahat, Chapainawabganj, on Friday evening. He said a new Bangladesh should be built by implementing the referendum verdict and reforming the constitution.

Bulbul alleged that corruption, inefficiency and mismanagement had disrupted normal state operations and burdened ordinary people. He said 62,000 employees had lost jobs and 41 power plants had become inoperative, while the government had failed to ensure uninterrupted electricity. He also criticised increases in fuel, oil, gas and commodity prices, saying they had made daily life difficult.

Addressing border issues, Bulbul alleged that people in India who are Muslim and Bengali-speaking were being pushed into Bangladesh, creating an economic burden, and said people were being killed indiscriminately at the border. He called for a safe, humane and liveable country based on justice and fairness. Other speakers included MPs Dr Mu. Mizanur Rahman and local Jamaat and Islami Chhatra Shibir leaders.