Bangladesh – The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has warned that the interim government set up by economist Muhammad Yunus could use “unlawful means” to help the two parties it fronts – Jamaat‑e‑Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP) – win the February 2026 election, local media said Monday.
At a party rally in Dhaka, BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas Abbas said the temporary cabinet looks to “survive by leaning on two parties” and that its decisions are being shaped by them. “The way this government is acting shows it has no strength of its own, it works only when it supports the parties that created it or the old ones,” he told the crowd.
Abbas criticized the temporary government for handing an NCP election symbol to the party without clear justification. “Who are these people? How do they get support? Where does their popular base lie?” he asked. Mr. Abbas went on to say he is deeply worried that the interim administration might turn to illegal tactics to secure a victory for those parties.
The BNP leader also hit Jamaat‑e‑Islami for trying to divide the country along religious lines, calling the move a “sectarian split for personal gain.” “We will not let our nation be divided, but there are people who want to split us for their own interest,” he said.
Abbas said Bangladesh has suffered because of a lack of good governance. “Who owns the country? Who runs it? It feels as if the country has no owner, and everyone talks about reform but does nothing about it,” he said. He added that the Yunus‑led interim cabinet has done nothing to tackle unemployment or help ordinary people in need.
Instead, the opposition says the interim government has created opportunities for a “new class” that is, in the words of Abbas, “thinking only of plunder and destruction.” The BNP warns that the upcoming election will test the nation’s stability, especially as the parties that joined Mr. Yunus in ousting the Awami League‑led government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina now clash over how reforms should proceed.
With the election only a year away, the political agreement that gives the interim government its power remains fragile. The BNP and its rivals warn that the next election could be a turning point for Bangladesh’s future.
Source: ianslive
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