BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday (November 13) said the Chief Adviser has violated the July National Charter through his outlines on the implementation of the charter in his speech to the nation.
“The Chief Adviser himself signed the July Charter. In his speech, he violated the charter by including matters beyond the signed charter and adding new elements that were not mentioned in it,” he told UNB giving his initial reaction to Prof Yunus' address to the nation.
“If we analyse his speech alongside the signed charter, we will see that he has grossly breached it. That is all I want to say for now,” the BNP leader added.
Meanwhile, an urgent meeting of the BNP Standing Committee has been called for Thursday evening.
The meeting, convened by BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, will begin at 7pm at the Chairperson’s office in Gulshan.
Earlier in the day, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus announced that the national election and the referendum on the July Charter will take place on the same day.
In a televised address to the nation, he said a meeting of the Council of Advisers had approved the July National Charter (Constitution Amendment) Implementation Order, 2025. “To implement the July Charter, this order includes several important provisions. These include holding a referendum on the constitutional amendment proposals of the charter and, subsequently, the formation of a Constitution Reform Council,” he said.
A senior BNP leader said that while the party welcomes the announcement of the election and the referendum on the same day, it has reservations about the implementation order and the nature of the referendum.
He added that the meeting of the BNP Standing Committee, the party’s highest policymaking body, will discuss these issues in detail and decide on the party’s next course of action.
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