DHAKA: As political tensions continue to escalate in Bangladesh, radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP) called for a referendum to implement the July National Charter ahead of next year's election, local media reported.
Both parties raised the demand during separate meetings with the interim government's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday evening at his official residence in Dhaka.
The latest development comes amid growing conflict with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) proposing to hold the referendum alongside the national elections in February 2026, while Jamaat and NCP argued it should be held before the election.