OUR CORRESPONDENT, Sylhet

Jamaat‑e‑Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday warned that the party would launch street agitation if the mandate of the last election is not honoured and constitutional reforms remain unimplemented.

“If this verdict is frustrated, no sustainable social order can ever be built in this country. If parliament is curtailed, there will be no option but to take to the streets,” he told journalists after a meeting with leaders of the 11‑party alliance at Sylhet Circuit House.

Shafiqur, also the Leader of the Opposition in parliament, said nearly 70 percent of voters had cast their ballots, making their preference clear. “A week before polling, the mood across the country -- on trees, buses, trains and launches -- pointed unmistakably in one direction.”

“But after the election, ordinary people told us they voted for us, yet another party formed the government. They asked why we accepted it,” he added.

He stressed that Jamaat entered parliament with two pledges -- one to the people and one before Allah. “We promised not to abandon the people. In the first session we declared we would cooperate on all good work, but on everything else we will not only withhold cooperation -- we will protest.”

Criticising the ruling party, Shafiqur said it had broken its pre‑election promise to accept the outcome of a referendum. “They themselves said all parties would accept the referendum point. Now they ask what constitutional basis a referendum has. Three referendums were held after independence -- were those unconstitutional?”