STAFF CORRESPONDENT

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam yesterday said the first session of the 13th parliament failed to address how reform proposals would be implemented, warning that continued disregard could lead to a mass movement.

“The session was supposed to discuss reform implementation, but the government ran parliament in its own way. If this continues, a movement with the people will become our only option,” he said while chairing the closing session of a national convention titled “Energy, Economy, Human Rights, Reform and Referendum”, organised by the NCP.

The programme was held at the Institution of Diploma Engineers in Kakrail, Dhaka.

Nahid said the July uprising was part of a

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