Parwar seeks legal framework for July Charter ahead of polls

KHULNA, Aug 13 (BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General and former MP Mia Golam Parwar has called for establishing the legal framework of the July Charter and holding the national election accordingly.

He warned that holding elections under the existing system could give rise to a new form of fascism.

If people are able to vote freely and safely, they will elect leaders who uphold Islamic ideology to govern the country, he said.

He made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a rally in the Arafat Residential Area under Dumuria upazila in Khulna.

Referring to precedents in Bangladesh's history, he said the current government must immediately complete the drafting of the July National Charter and implement it, ensuring a free, fair, and acceptable election based on this charter.

Organised by the upazila unit of Jamaat-e-Islami, the rally was presided over by Md. Matiur Rahman Hawlader, President of Chakmathurabad Polling Centre Committee of Arafat Nagar.

Conducted by Md Amir Hossain, President of Ward No. 4, Harintana Thana Jamaat Bangladesh, the programme was also addressed by Jamaat-e-Islami Central Majlis-e-Shura member and Khulna District Secretary Munshi Mizanur Rahman, Assistant Secretaries Munshi Moinul Islam and Mia Golam Kuddus, and Dumuria Upazila Ameer Maulana Moktar.