By Admin 
The political deadlock in Bangladesh seems to be deepening before next year’s elections. Radical Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami said on Tuesday (October 28, 2025) that even if the Supreme Court’s decision restores the system of caretaker government, elections cannot be held under it.
According to local media, Jamaat’s lawyer Mohammad Shishir Monir made this comment after the hearing in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on an appeal demanding restoration of the system of caretaker government at the time of elections. This hearing continued for the fourth day on Tuesday.
Provision of caretaker government under SC decision
Bangladesh’s leading daily Jugantor quoted Monir as saying that there is talk of forming a caretaker government within 15 days of the dissolution of Parliament, now there is no Parliament. Parliament was dissolved more than a year ago and an interim government is running the country. Apart from this, there are some other issues, so even if the system of caretaker government is brought back under the decision of the Supreme Court, it is not possible in the upcoming elections.
Last week, on the third day of hearing on appeals and review petitions challenging the 2011 verdict, Jamaat’s counsel told the Supreme Court that the system cannot be effectively implemented under the current interim government as Parliament is inactive.
Call to work like ‘caretaker government’
He further said that whatever decision the Appellate Division makes, it should be in line with the proposals of the July Charter regarding the caretaker government system. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), on the other hand, recently called on the Mohammad Yunus-led interim government to act as a ‘caretaker government’ to ensure that next year’s elections are held in a free, acceptable and fair manner.
It was said in a media briefing that at this time it is necessary to make the upcoming national parliamentary elections meaningful, fair and acceptable to all. The interim government can play the role of a caretaker government in this direction.
Awami League clash over reform proposals
Uncertainty and political turmoil are increasing in Bangladesh ahead of next year’s elections. The parties that had earlier worked with Yunus to oust the democratically elected government of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League are now at loggerheads over reform proposals.
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