Political row in Bangladesh even before the government was formed, tension was seen in the swearing in, Jamaat gave ultimatum to Tariq

Tarique Rahman Oath Ceremony: Democracy is going to be restored in Bangladesh after 18 months. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Tariq Rahman, who won the recent elections, is going to take oath as Prime Minister today. But before this the political crisis in Bangladesh has started. At the center of which is the rule of ‘Constitution Reform Council’ brought by the interim government.

In fact, after refusing to take oath as members of the ‘Constitution Reform Council’ of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which won the recent elections, newly elected parliament members of fundamentalist party Jamaat-e-Islami also refused to take oath on Tuesday. Chief Election Commissioner AMM Naseeruddin administered the oath of office to BNP MPs at Parliament House. After this the Jamaat MPs had to take oath. But he refused to do so.

Dispute between Jamaat and BNP

The situation became complicated when the BNP refused to take a second oath as members of the ‘Constitution Reform Council’ to support the referendum. Jamaat vice-president Abdullah Mohammad Tahir said, “We will not take oath as members of parliament until BNP MPs take oath as regular parliament members as well as members of the ‘Constitution Reform Council’.”

However, later newly elected MPs from the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance and independent MPs took oath as members of Parliament. After this, they also took the second oath as members of the ‘Constitution Reform Council’.

Constitutional Reform Council is linked to the July Charter

The taking of the second oath as members of the ‘Constitution Reform Council’ is related to the commitment to implement the so-called ‘July Charter’, which proposed comprehensive amendments to the Constitution. A complex 84-point proposal was presented in the referendum, in which, according to the Election Commission, more than 60 percent of voters voted ‘yes’.

Also read: Tariq gave a shock to Yunus as soon as he assumed the chair…rejected the proposal to reform democracy, took a big step

BNP’s policy-making standing committee member and newly elected MP Sahaluddin Ahmed told party MPs before the swearing-in that he has not been elected as a member of the Constitutional Reform Council and no provision related to the council has yet been included in the Constitution. “None of us will take another oath,” he said in the presence of party president Tariq Rehman.