Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis chief Allama Muhammad Mamunul Haque warned that if the referendum verdict is not implemented, BNP leader Tarique Rahman could face the same fate as former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He made the remarks on Saturday at a divisional rally in Mymensingh organized by the 11-party alliance demanding implementation of the referendum verdict and relief from public suffering. Mamunul accused some BNP leaders and interim government figures of betraying the people by undermining the July Charter and the national reform consensus.

He said about 70 percent of voters supported the July Revolution in the referendum held on the day of the 13th national election, and that peaceful implementation of this mandate must be ensured. Mamunul also warned that ignoring the people’s reform aspirations or manipulating votes through the “farmer card” and “family card” systems would lead BNP to the same downfall as Sheikh Hasina. He emphasized that their movement aims to protect people’s rights and democratic dignity, not personal power.

Other alliance leaders, including Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar and NCP spokesperson Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, echoed similar criticism of BNP and the interim government, alleging election engineering and policy failures.