By Admin 
The murmur about next year’s elections in Bangladesh has intensified. Ahead of the election season amid a growing political crisis, the National Citizen Party (NCP) accused both the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami of indulging in an irrelevant debate on the implementation of the July Charter.
According to local media, the NCP also alleged that it had derailed the process and created uncertainty over the February 2026 elections. A leading Bangladeshi newspaper quoted NCP chief coordinator Naseeruddin Patwari as saying during an event in Dhaka on Thursday (October 30, 2025), ‘Whether the referendum will be held first or later, this is an absurd dispute between Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP. We (NCP) will not participate in this debate.
Addressing another seminar of NCP’s youth wing ‘Jatiyo Juboshokti’, Patwari said, ‘We have still not received any solution to the recommendations of the July Charter, we have not received any solution to the proposals, nor have we received any solution regarding the order.’
He also criticized the Jamaat for repeatedly raising the issue of referendum. The NCP leader asked, ‘If you are talking about the question of referendum or fixing the date before the elections, is the purpose of this to get more seats, or is there some other reason?’
The NCP leader stressed that if the referendum is held and the result is ‘yes’, it will be a victory for the people of Bangladesh and not for the Jamaat. He further said, ‘Therefore, we call upon Jamaat-e-Islami to stop this pretense.’
He accused Jamaat and BNP of working together to push the country towards uncertainty at a time of national crisis. He stressed, ‘We call on the Jamaat not to spread panic among the public regarding the referendum. Instead, we should focus on how we can find solutions regarding the process of disagreement, how orders can be issued.
Furthermore, the NCP leader commented that the BNP’s dissent letter through the Bangladesh National Consent Commission was actually a fraud. Amid growing political differences over the July Charter, the BNP recently accused the NCC of ‘betraying’ the people and political parties through its final recommendations on the July Charter. Along with this, he demanded immediate improvement in it by including the letters of disagreement.
On the other hand, the Jamaat demanded that the referendum on constitutional reforms mentioned in the July Charter be held before the elections, even if it means postponing the elections. Parties that had earlier collaborated with Yunus to oust the democratically elected government of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League are now at loggerheads over reform proposals.