Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Professor Mia Golam Parwar has accused the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of heading toward a fascist regime by opposing the implementation of the July Charter and the constitutional reform order. He made the remarks on Sunday, April 5, during a discussion meeting in Bogura-6 constituency, where Jamaat candidate Principal Abidur Rahman Sohel announced his election manifesto for the upcoming by-election.

Parwar stated that the July Charter was formulated based on the consensus of 33 political parties during the interim government and was legally supported through a presidential order that organized parliamentary elections and a referendum. He alleged that despite forming the government under the same order, the BNP is now rejecting the referendum results and seeking to annul the reform order. According to him, nearly 50 million voters supported the referendum, rejecting BNP’s note of dissent.

He further expressed concern over the election environment in Bogura, claiming that ruling party members were intimidating Jamaat activists. JAGPA Senior Vice President Engineer Rashed Pradhan also alleged that the BNP had adopted authoritarian traits and was pursuing agendas aligned with India and the Awami League.