Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar has accused the BNP of reversing its stance after forming a government as a beneficiary of the July uprising. Speaking at a roundtable titled “Reluctance to Implement Referendum Verdict: Concerned Civil Society” organized by Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis at the Dhaka Reporters Unity, he alleged that legal and political conspiracies were ongoing regarding the Constitutional Reform Council and the July Charter.

Parwar said the referendum received nearly 68 percent “yes” votes, with about 50 million people supporting it, which should make it constitutionally binding. He criticized the BNP for ignoring this public mandate and questioned why the law minister remained silent on the July Charter while the home minister provided legal explanations. He also accused the government of deliberately prolonging parliamentary discussions on the July Charter under the pretext of sub judice.

He urged BNP lawmakers to take the oath of the Constitutional Reform Council and implement the consensus points of the July Charter, saying that doing so would fulfill the people’s aspirations reflected in the blood-stained July Charter.