BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami leaders expressed anger after they were not invited onto the stage during an honorarium distribution for July Revolution martyrs and injured people in Satkhira on Wednesday. The incident occurred at a discussion and award ceremony marking the second anniversary of the July Revolution at the Satkhira District Shilpakala Academy auditorium.

According to eyewitnesses and party sources, honorariums were provided to 95 July fighters: families of eight martyrs and 87 injured people. Satkhira Deputy Commissioner Kaisar Aziz and Superintendent of Police Abu Saleh Md. Ashraful Alam went on stage for the distribution, while top leaders of the political parties present were not called to participate.

Jamaat district amir Shahidul Islam Mukul said political leaders left because they were not called to the stage. BNP district convener Rahmatullah Palash said they left before the programme ended under the leadership of District Council administrator Habibul Islam Habib. However, Deputy Commissioner Kaisar Aziz denied that any political leaders left, saying all remained until the end and that he and the police superintendent handed honorariums to families of eight martyrs.