[🇧🇩] Monitoring the political activities of BNP

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Salahuddin accuses interim govt of delaying election in the name of reform
Staff Correspondent Dhaka
Updated: 31 May 2025, 18: 57

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BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed speaks at a meeting organised by Krishak Dal in city on 31 May Prothom Alo

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has commented that although the Chief Adviser has called another meeting on 2 June, it appears the process is bogged down in formalities and discussions without any real progress.

Speaking as the chief guest at a discussion event today, Saturday, at the Diploma Engineers Institution auditorium in Dhaka, Salahuddin said, “It seems there’s no shortage of formalities and discussions, but no concrete action. On the 2nd, the second phase of discussions will again be ceremoniously inaugurated. You inaugurated the first round once, now you’ll inaugurate the second round, and perhaps again in the third phase you’ll merge everything together. This is how you are showing us the illusion of reform!”

The event was organised by the BNP’s farmers’ wing, Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal, on the occasion of the 44th martyrdom anniversary of BNP founder and former President Ziaur Rahman. The discussion was styled “Ziaur Rahman’s contribution to the agricultural revolution in Bangladesh.”

"The honorable Chief Adviser has called us for a meeting again on 2 June. We understand the message—there’s no lack of formalities or discussion, but nothing productive is happening. How many times will you inaugurate reform talks? You inaugurated the first phase already, now the second, then the third—you’re just putting on a show of reforms!”

On 26 May, a meeting of the National Consensus Commission was held in the residence of the Chief Adviser with him in chair, where a decision was made that the second round of talks with political parties on reforms would begin in early June. The Chief Adviser is expected to inaugurate that session. However, no specific date has yet been publicly confirmed. It remains unclear if Salahuddin Ahmed was referring directly to this upcoming session.

Why this ego?

Addressing the Chief Adviser, Salahuddin said, “Why do you possess the ego that the nation must accept the constitutional reforms you and your commission have drafted? Why do you believe that the National Constitutional Council (NCC) should hold supreme power and render all other state organs powerless? Why are we expected to accept this?”

He accused the reform commission of proposing some unprecedented reforms and implied that the public is being forced to accept them. “This is starting to look like a new form of Baksal,” he said, referring to the controversial one-party system introduced by Awami League in 1974.

“We have already submitted our written suggestions, outlining the areas where we’ve reached consensus and where we agree in principle. Compile those and present them to the nation. Reforms are our top agenda, but even more important is the prosecution of those involved in crimes against humanity. Everyone must be brought to justice,” Salahuddin added.

He emphasised that any future government must remain committed to implementing reforms and justice. An independent judiciary will function as it should. Reform is a continuous process based on national needs.

Addressing the Chief Adviser, Salahuddin said, “Why do you want to hold the election beyond December? There is not a single logical reason. You keep talking about June instead of December. Elections must be held before December—that is our demand and the demand of the people of Bangladesh.”

He urged the interim government to publicly explain any justification for scheduling the election after December.

Shahidul Islam, General Secretary of the Krishak Dal, chaired the meeting.

BNP leader and President of the Bangladesh Football Federation Tabith Awal, Krishak Dal Vice President Col (retd) SM Faisal, Mamunur Rashid Khan, Nasir Haidar, Abul Bashar Akand, and leaders from Dhaka North and South city units also spoke at the event.​
 

BNP will get two-third votes if election held in December: Khandaker Mosharraf
Staff Correspondent Dhaka
Published: 01 Jun 2025, 17: 55

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BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain addresses a marking the 44th death anniversary of former president and the party’s founder Ziaur Rahman at National Press Club, Dhaka on 1 June 2025 Prothom Alo

Many of those in the government acknowledge that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) would win by a margin of two-third votes if the parliamentary election is held in December, BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said on Sunday.

“BNP is the only popular party in the country and many of those in the government also acknowledge that the BNP would win by a margin of two-third votes if the parliamentary election is held in the coming December,” he stated.

Mosharraf Hossain was addressing a discussion organised by the Sammilito Peshajibi Parishad, a body of pro-BNP professionals, marking the 44th death anniversary of former president and the party’s founder Ziaur Rahman in the capital’s National Press Club.

The interim government will also have to leave one day, the BNP leader remarked.

“We think they will have the opportunity to leave respectably by handing over the power to the elected government if the election is held in December. There could be nothing more dignified than this. Otherwise if it is delayed you will face such a conspiracy that holding the elections would be uncertain,” he expressed.

The senior BNP also maintained that it will be delayed if the election is held in June.

According to him, this delay will create further opportunities for the fallen autocrat to conspire. Some of such incidents are already taking place.

He pointed out, “There will be the month of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr in February and March. There will be public exams in April and May and June is the month of monsoon.”

That is why it is possible to hold the election in December. The government could announce the date whenever it thinks conducive, Mosharraf Hossain added.

Mentioning that the chief adviser has invited them for a discussion over reforms on Monday, the BNP leader said the government actions should be election-oriented if minimum consensus is reached.

He said BNP was disappointed with what the chief adviser said during his visit to Japan. “It has been said that only the BNP wants the election (in December). But who doesn’t want an election? Everyone. We have spoken logically rationality, let them spell out their logic.”

Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain highlighted various aspects of the life of Ziaur Rahman in the discussion that was chaired by another BNP standing committee member AZM Zahid.​
 

Salahuddin sees no valid reason to delay election beyond December

UNB
Published :
Jun 02, 2025 20:47
Updated :
Jun 02, 2025 20:47

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BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday said most reforms can be done within a month if there is consensus, emphasising that there's no valid reason to hold the election after December.

“We have been able to make it understood that there is not even a single mentionable reason to hold the election after December,” he said while talking to reporters after coming out of the second phase of the talks with the Consensus Commission.

The BNP leader also claimed that during the meeting, they observed that almost all political parties proposed holding the election before December this year.

He expressed the hope that the Chief Adviser would now take into account the collective proposal of the political parties. “We hope that, as a symbol of national unity, he will act with complete neutrality, rising above personal attachment or emotion. The nation expects absolute impartiality from him,” Salahuddin said.

He said they believe the parliamentary election can be held by December. “Before that, we can identify key reforms, particularly those related to the electoral process, which can be undertaken on an urgent basis and implemented through consensus.”

The BNP leader stressed that there are no reforms that cannot be carried out within a month. “We have received a report today that several reforms across various sectors have already been implemented by ordinances issued through the Law Ministry. Many others are in the pipeline. These can be executed either by ordinance, executive order, or even office order.”

Salahuddin also said all reforms, except those requiring constitutional amendments, can be implemented within a month through ordinances, executive orders, or administrative directives based on consensus.

Earlier, a three –member BNP delegation, led by Salahuddin Ahmed, joined the second phase of talks organised by the National Consensus Commission at the Foreign Service Academy.

The meeting was held with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, who heads the National Consensus Commission, in the chair, aiming to resolve the disagreements over key reforms that hindered progress in the first round. All the parties involved with the reform initiatives participated in the meeting.

The other members of the BNP delegation are Ismail Zabihullah, a member of the party chairperson’s advisory council and Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kajol, former secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.

This meeting was part of the ongoing talks that began earlier this year to build a broad political agreement on important national reforms.

The first phase of the National Consensus Commission’s meetings with 33 political parties took place from February 15 to May 19.

While the major political parties reached a consensus on most of the reforms, they disagreed on some key issues.​
 

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