BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Sunday questioned whose agenda Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus is serving by repeatedly citing vague election timeframes—such as December or June—instead of providing a specific and concrete roadmap.

“Why can't you settle down on one timeline? You are a world-famous and respected person. Such shifting won’t be well received nationally and internationally,” he said while addressing the National Representative Council 2025 of the Bhasani Anushari Parishad at the Jatiya Press Club auditorium.

He also asserted that the government is an unelected one, and pledged the government advisers would be reminded of this fact every day. An uprising can unseat a government, but cannot form an elected government. The Election Commission (EC) would become useless, if street movements can form governments, he noted, criticizing the remarks by some government advisers.

Creating confusions over election date is not good for democracy and the practice is not consistent with the aspirations of last year’s anti-fascist uprising, Salahuddin, a BNP standing committee member, said.

Salahuddin said the Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, during his last meeting with BNP, promised that his government’s activities would be carried out with the aim of holding the national election by December this year.

He said their party also spoke to the Election Commission, which informed them it would be ready by June this year to conduct the election.

The BNP leader urged the government to take prompt steps to establish a democratic government elected by the people’s vote.

“Several thousand people were martyred in the fight for the restoration of voting rights, democratic rights, and constitutional rights, and for building a discrimination free state and society.” These aspirations of the uprising can only be met by an elected government, and the current government is not like an elected government, he said.

“Now, by denying that much-desired election, whom are you trying to encourage, and which unconstitutional force is benefiting from it?,” he questioned the government.

He also clarified that the democratic aspirations of the uprising does not make it a revolution against existing social and economic trends. Rather, the July-August movement was an uprising against a totalitarian government to reclaim democratic rights, the BNP senior leader noted.

Ultimately, a fascist government collapsed in the mass uprisings, he said.

He recalled Bhasani’s contributions to the country and to the fight for establishing the rights of working people.

The BNP leader bemoaned that though Moulana Bhasani was one of the founders and key leaders of the Awami League, the party did not recognise his role and contributions.

He welcomed the Bhasani Janashakti Party, a new political group formed by the Bhasani Anushari Parishad, which aims to build a fair and prosperous Bangladesh.

“Another new force has joined the journey of democracy in Bangladesh. We hope they will play a positive role in favour of the country's democracy and the people,” Salahuddin said.