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Opposition Leader and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday warned that if the referendum verdict on the July charter is not implemented in the parliament, it will be realised on the streets.

“What can be resolved in parliament will be resolved there. If not, it will be resolved on the streets. We cannot abandon the people’s demand. We are committed, and we will not betray the people. This demand will be realised -- if not today, then tomorrow,” he said at a views exchange meeting with journalists at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad.

He said the people’s demand was constitutional reform, and that was why the referendum was held, with 70 percent of voters supporting it.

He also said the opposition will not nominate representatives to the government’s proposed committee on constitutional amendment.

“If a committee is formed for reform, we will consider it. But for amendment, no committee is needed. That is routine work. Bills will come from the treasury bench, we will join the debate, and

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