Dhaka9 minutes agoAuthor: SM Amanur Rahman
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In Bangladesh, the head of the interim government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, has increased the strong pressure to declare election roadmap and hold elections soon. Army Chief Waqar-e-Z-Zaman has clearly given an ultimatum to hold elections by December, causing the Yunus government to break down.
Meanwhile, the student organizations have clearly stated that until the election reforms are done and the alleged crimes of Sheikh Hasina’s reign are not investigated and punished, they will not accept any general election.
On the other hand, discussions between opposition parties BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami are being discussed and struggle strategies on the streets.
BNP leader Khalida Jia and Jamaat leaders meet. (File photo)
Student organization said- Democracy will become a joke if justice is not found
The National Citizen Party (NSP), Jamaat-e-Islami student wing student Shibir and leftist student organizations have unanimously said that unless the violence and murders during the previous government are impartially investigated, there is no meaning of election.
NCP student leader Nahid Islam says that if all the sections of the country do non -cooperation in this way, Dr. Yunus will resign. We have requested them not to resign, but justice is necessary before the election.
The student organizations are angry about the massacre by Awami League in July 2024. He says that democracy will become a joke without justice.
BNP bid- any government illegal without election
Former PM Khaleda Zia’s party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has demanded an immediate election roadmap from Dr. Younus’s government. Party General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the support of the current government is not possible without roadmap.
According to sources, there have been 4 meetings between BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami last week, in which the strategy of the movement was discussed. Under the pressure of the army, the speculation of Dr. Yunus’s resignation has intensified.
At the same time, there is a discussion that they can try to form a national government again by talking to political parties without holding elections. The BNP has made it clear that it will not consider any national government valid without elections.
Khaleda Jia also reiterated the demand for elections in December
Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s BNP has also reiterated the demand for elections in December, increasing the pressure on Younus. The party has warned that if the government does not make an election roadmap soon and makes it public announcement, then it will be difficult to continue cooperation with the government.
The head of the interim government, Yunus, has so far asked to hold elections between January-June 2026. The army is angry at pulling it forward from December 2025. Due to this, further conflicts can be intensified. Apart from Yunus, radical Jamaat-e-Islami is also in favor of postponing elections.
Sources are indicating that the government was expected to persist for five years, which has put the pressure of the army-students in a serious crisis. Advisors of the Ministry of Home Affairs have also said that the public wants this government to remain for five years. The general officials even said that if the government is adamant, the situation may be uncontrollable.
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