Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis Amir Maulana Mamunul Haque has warned that failure to implement the July Charter could allow fascism to return. Speaking as the chief guest at a citizens’ rally organized by the party’s Paltan Zone at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Friday, he said that even if other political parties withdraw from the demand, his party will go door to door to ensure the implementation of the referendum verdict. The rally protested rising fuel, gas, and electricity prices and the deteriorating law and order situation.

Haque said the July uprising was the result of a decade-long struggle that began with the 2013 Shapla Chattar movement. He accused a section of the BNP and the interim government of deceit during the signing of the July Charter by secretly adding a new clause. According to him, all parties had agreed on forming a constitutional reform council and holding a referendum to implement the people’s verdict.

He further alleged that after forming the government, its representatives denied the consensus reached earlier, undermining the unity achieved through the July movement.