The National Citizen Party (NCP) has criticised the move to set Bangladesh's election timeline through a meeting in the UK, calling it a "betrayal" of the 2024 mass uprising and warning it could trigger a new one.Speaking in Dhaka on Friday, NCP Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary said the decision to fix a poll date without national consensus "ignores the public will and takes the country backwards". "I have seen no message from the government on reforms or justice," he said. "This entire arrangement is designed to appease one political party, not the people of Bangladesh. ""We saw a similar backtrack in 1990 when political forces made a social contract, only to return the country to old politics." "We might have to launch a new mass uprising," Nasiruddin added.Echoing the same position, NCP Senior Joint Coordinator Ariful Islam Adib told bdnews24.com: "We've always said we're ready for polls anytime -- but only after structural reforms and the prosecution of those responsible.

Source: bd News24 June 13, 2025 18:32 UTC