Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar on Friday, April 24, 2026, accused the government of returning to authoritarian rule and using student groups to suppress dissent. Speaking as the chief guest at a ward presidents’ conference organized by Jhenaidah district Jamaat, he alleged that the government was unleashing student activists against others in educational institutions and warned that citizens would not tolerate a return to autocracy.

Porwar criticized the government for alleged election engineering and claimed that those labeling Jamaat and Shibir as secretive had themselves lived abroad for 17 years. He also accused the ruling party of maintaining fascist tendencies and said the people had previously sacrificed their lives to end such regimes. Responding to remarks by the prime minister, he argued that the government, not Jamaat, was possessed by authoritarian impulses.

Addressing the July national charter and referendum, Porwar said 33 political parties had reached consensus on constitutional reforms, but the BNP opposed ten key points. He warned that if the government ignored the referendum mandate, the people would take to the streets again.