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The BNP Standing Committee is set to hold an emergency meeting on Thursday evening following the Chief Adviser’s announcement that the next national election and a referendum will be held on the same day, along with the approval of the July National Charter implementation order.
The meeting will begin at 7 pm at the BNP Chairperson’s office in Gulshan, said BNP Media Cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan, UNB reports.
He said BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will join the meeting virtually and preside over it.
Earlier in the day, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus announced that the national election and the referendum on the July Charter will take place on the same day.
In a televised address to the nation, he said a meeting of the Council of Advisers had approved the July National Charter (Constitution Amendment) Implementation Order, 2025. “To implement the July Charter, this order includes several important provisions. These include holding a referendum on the constitutional amendment proposals of the charter and, subsequently, the formation of a Constitution Reform Council.”
A senior BNP leader said while their party welcomes the announcement of the election and the referendum on the same day, it has reservations about the implementation order and the nature of the referendum.
He said the meeting of the BNP Standing, the highest policymaking body of the party, will discuss these issues in detail and decide the party’s next course of action.