Dhaka-12 lawmaker and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami executive council member Saiful Alam Khan Milon called for immediate constitutional reform, saying the prime minister’s plan would not bring liberation for Bangladeshis. Speaking on August 5 at the Institution of Engineers in Ramna, Dhaka, at an event titled “Droh-er July in Memory of the Martyrs,” he urged the government not to attempt to control universities through a “helmet force.”

Milon blamed Jubo Dal, Chhatra Dal and BNP for an incident in which a youth from Habiganj lost an eye. He referred to violence at Jagannath University, Alia Madrasa and Dhaka College, saying the government and Tarique Rahman could not evade responsibility. He alleged the attacks at Jagannath University and Alia Madrasa were planned and that those involved were not students there.

He also accused BNP of failing to follow its own 31-point agenda, including constitutional reform and a two-term limit for a prime minister. Milon said parliament failed from its first sitting by allowing needed rules for constitutional reform to lapse. He raised concerns about delays in the charge sheet in the Hadi murder case and called for reform, rather than amendment, of the constitution’s basic structure.