Jamaat terms BNP's stance on July Charter implementation as undesirable

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher has said the "situation" created by the BNP over the implementation of the July Charter is "completely undesirable".

"The people want a national election in February. Creating uncertainty [over the July Charter] right before the polls will disrupt the electoral process," Taher said in a video message issued to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Saturday.

The Jamaat leader also said retreating from the move to give legal backing to the July Charter would mean abandoning the reform agenda.

"The chief adviser destroying his own reform initiative with his own hands is something the nation cannot believe," he said.

He further expressed hope that the chief adviser would not bow to any pressure regarding the matter.

Taher released the video message after a discussion in his electoral constituency in Chauddagram, Cumilla.