STAFF CORRESPONDENT

People who still want to run the country under the same old laws and systems, betraying the sacrifices of the July uprising victims, do not deserve the opportunity, said Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim, ameer of Islami Andolon Bangladesh.

Addressing a rally in Kurigram, he said that in July 2024, crores of people rose against the existing laws and the old system. Thousands of people -- young and old, including children -- were killed, maimed, or lost their eyesight.

Despite such immense sacrifice and bloodshed, those who seek to continue governing the country under the same old laws and system are betraying July even before the election, he said, adding that such people must not be given any opportunity.

Rezaul Karim, known as Charmonai Pir, said the country became independent in 1971 to establish equality, human dignity, and social justice. However, despite achieving independence through an ocean of blood, the rulers in the years that followed presided over killings, enforced disappearances, murders, and money laundering.

He said this happened because Islam was absent from the parliament of a country where 90 percent of the population is Muslim.

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