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Published : 30 Oct 2025, 07:12 PM
Senior BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed has alleged that the National Consensus Commission excluded the opinions of political parties from the recommendations it submitted to the government regarding the implementation of the July National Charter.
He made the allegation at a press conference at the BNP chairperson’s office in Gulshan on Thursday afternoon.
Holding up a copy of the July Charter, Salahuddin said: “The book you see here contains the reform commission’s proposals alongside those from other parties.
“Notes of dissent were not only given by us, various parties have recorded their own objections at different stages. These dissenting opinions are all documented here by each clause.”
“Our question is, shouldn’t these dissenting views have been included in the National Consensus Commission’s recommendations for implementing the July National Charter? Instead, [the commission] excluded all the opinions written on the right side of the Charter booklet and prepared its own schedule based solely on its own proposals.”
He said the commission created a 48-point schedule and scheduled the referendum based on those 48 points.
“There is no mention of who gave which opinion, how the discussions took place, or how consensus was reached,” he said.
‘COMMISSION IS MISLEADING THE NATION’
Salahuddin said, “Putting forward sudden proposals and recommendations that confuse the nation, create division and discord: that cannot be the role of the National Consensus Commission.”
“But now we see it is sowing division and discord. We do not know if there is a specific motive behind this.”
The Consensus Commission submitted its recommendations on implementing the July Charter to the chief advisor on Tuesday.
The recommendations propose that the Charter be implemented through a referendum following the issuance of a constitutional order.
The commission suggested that the referendum should be held either ahead of the national election or on polling day, and that the necessary legislation should be enacted for this purpose.
Questioning the sudden proposal to form a Constitutional Reform Council, Salahuddin said: “We don’t know who proposed the formation of this body, how it came about, or how it appeared in the recommendations.”
He added, “We remain committed to implementing the July National Charter in line with the consensus we reached at the National Consensus Commission, based on the clear directives of the Constitution.”
“After the national election, it will take full legal form and be incorporated into the Constitution. We call upon the government, the National Commission, and all political parties to work towards this shared goal.”
