Eight Islamist parties rally at Paltan for July Charter, referendumEight Islamist political parties have gathered at Dhaka’s Paltan intersection to press home a five-point list of demands, including issuing an order to implement the July Charter and holding a referendum on it by the end of November. The rally began around 2pm on Tuesday with a recitation from the Quran. He warned that if the government continued to ignore the parties’ demands, the movement would intensify. “The referendum is not just a political demand anymore—it has become a decisive national necessity,” he said. Jamaat’s Dhaka Metropolitan North Secretary Mohammad Rezaul Karim cautioned that no election would be allowed without the July Charter being implemented and a referendum being held.
