National Citizen Party (NCP) spokesperson Asif Mahmud Sajib stated that rising electricity and gas prices have left citizens frustrated. Speaking at an Eid reunion and joining event in a hotel in Cumilla on Saturday afternoon, he said that commodity prices have surged sharply in the past three months, exceeding increases seen over the previous seventeen years. He criticized the current government for raising utility prices within two months, despite earlier promises by the BNP government that prices would remain stable for two years.

Asif Mahmud also remarked that before elections, any unwanted incidents were often justified with the belief that everything would improve once an elected government took power. However, he claimed that issues such as killings, assaults, and protests have continued to rise under the current administration. The event was attended by NCP leaders including Tariqul Islam, Abu Bakar Mojumdar, and Navid Nawroz Shah, along with other central and local representatives.

Several leaders and activists from other parties formally joined the NCP during the event, according to the report.