The opposition party has accused the ruling party of violating a prior parliamentary agreement during the passage of the July Memorial Museum Bill. Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam raised the allegation after the bill was passed under the chairmanship of Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed. He claimed that the ruling party introduced an amendment only thirty minutes before the bill’s passage, breaking the consensus reached in a special committee.

According to Nahid Islam, both government and opposition members had earlier agreed that 98 ordinances from the interim government would be passed unchanged. The July Memorial Museum Bill was one of those ordinances. He argued that the last-minute amendment undermined the spirit of cooperation and rendered the special committee unnecessary. The opposition protested what they described as deceitful tactics used to pass the bill.

Nahid Islam further criticized the inclusion of a minister as head of the museum, calling it part of a broader trend of politicizing national institutions. He cited examples of similar politicization in the central bank, local government, and sports boards, warning that such actions erode institutional neutrality.