Top leaders of the National Citizen Party on Tuesday said that the party would not compromise over the implementation of the July Charter, adding that the upcoming national election must be held after the implementation of the charter.
Nasiruddin Patwary, one of the top leaders of the party, said that the elections would not be held in February. 鈥業f the interim government wants to hold the election in that month, the government will have to聽 return the sacrifices of the July uprising martyrs and injured,鈥� he said.
The remarks were made at the National Youth Assembly-2025, organised by the NCP鈥檚 youth wing National Youth Force at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh in the capital鈥檚 Farmgate area to mark International Youth Day.
Addressing the event as the chief guest, NCP convener Nahid Islam said, 鈥楾he force of the uprising is still on the scene. We have made compromises in the past one year. We have made compromises in connection with the July Declaration. There will be no compromise made in connection with the July Charter 鈥� not even one per cent.鈥�
The NCP will not allow the interim government, established on the blood of July martyrs, to go without implementing the promises of building a discrimination-free Bangladesh, he assrerted.
鈥楴o political party will be able to come to power before the implementation of the promises,鈥� Nahid went on to say.
He stated that the promises of 鈥�90 mass uprising were not kept and every arrangement was done to betray the 鈥�24 mass uprising.聽聽聽聽
Another 1/11 may return if the political parties fail to remain united to build a new Bangladesh, Nahid hinted.
NCP member secretary Akhter Hossen said, 鈥楾he next election must be based on the July Charter.鈥�
Expressing doubt about the implementation of the July Charter, Akhter threatened the government and political parties that the demand for the implementation would be realised through street movements if table discussion did not work.聽
鈥楴o election bypassing the trial and reforms will be accepted,鈥� said Akhter.
Both chief organiser for North Sarjis Alam and chief organiser for South Hasnat Abdullah condemned the defamation case filed against Sarjis by a Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader.
They also condemned media houses for trying to establish the fascist narratives, even after the uprising, and spreading media propaganda against the leaders of the party.聽聽
Stating that the election will not be held in February, NCP chief coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary questioned, 鈥榃hy have so many people sacrificed their lives if the election will be held in the same fascist system?鈥�
Besides, Bangladesh Nationalist Party joint secretary general Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami nayeb-e-amir Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher and Amar Bangladesh Party general secretary Asaduzzaman Fuad, among others, were present at the event.
National Youth Force convener Tarikul Islam presided over the event and read out its youth manifesto.
