Dhaka: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar on Friday urged the government to abandon what he described as the “destructive path of fascism” and fully implement the July Charter, warning that otherwise a fresh mass movement would be launched. Speaking as the chief guest at a discussion titled ‘The 2024 Mass Uprising: Expectations and Achievements’ at the Jashore District Council auditorium, Parwar said the July 2024 uprising was a nationwide movement involving students and people from all walks of life, not any single political party, individual, or group.

According to United News of Bangladesh, Parwar highlighted that participants in the movement had envisioned a democratic, discrimination-free, humane, and corruption-free Bangladesh, alongside a new state structure. Referring to the reform process, he said six reform commissions were formed and representatives of 33 political parties held 72 meetings, submitting 166 reform proposals. Consensus was reached on 84 reform issues before the July Charter was signed at Parliament Plaza, followed by parliamentary elections and a referendum under a presidential order issued on Nov 13, 2025.

Parwar noted that although ruling party lawmakers took oath as MPs, they did not take oath as members of the Constitutional Reform Council. He claimed the government had filed a writ seeking to nullify the July Charter and proposed cancelling the referendum, while remaining silent on the issues in Parliament. He questioned the government’s constitutional arguments, stating that if the presidential order was rejected, the legitimacy of the current Parliament would also be in question. He alleged that the BNP had submitted notes of dissent against 12 to 14 key reform proposals, warning that failure to implement those reforms could pave the way for the return of authoritarian rule.

The programme, organised by the 11-party alliance to mark the second anniversary of the 2024 mass uprising, was chaired by Jashore district Jamaat Ameer and Jashore-4 MP Prof Golam Rasul. Among the special guests were Jamaat Central Executive Council member Mobarak Hossain, Supreme Court lawyer Barrister ASM Shahriar Kabir, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish Joint Secretary General Maulana Sharif Saidur Rahman and NCP Jashore district chief coordinator Mohammad Nuruzzaman and others.