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The Jamaat-e-Islami–led 11-party opposition alliance has delivered a sharp assessment of the government's first six months in office, claiming that uncoordinated policies and pervasive administrative mismanagement have severely deepened public suffering while eroding citizen trust.
The coalition's evaluation was presented on Sunday night during a press conference convened at the official residence of the Leader of the Opposition on Minto Road in Dhaka, following an extensive leadership conference.
Briefing the press, Opposition Chief Whip and National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam stated that top coalition leaders conducted an in-depth review of the administration’s 180-day tenure. Focusing on deteriorating national law and order, he remarked:
"The country's law and order situation remains in deep disarray, and public security is compromised. We heard assurances prior to the election that the accession of an elected government would immediately normalize law and order. Yet six months in, they have failed to establish control over the security environment, with conditions in certain respects deteriorating beyond the post-revolution phase."
Addressing the worsening economic landscape, Nahid Islam underscored that nationwide power outages have reached historic highs, while severe industrial gas and fuel shortages have forced hundreds of manufacturing factories toward closure. He added that the business community remains gripped by extortion and supply bottlenecks, alongside mounting grievances among farmers facing acute agricultural fertilizer deficits.
The opposition chief whip asserted that rather than acknowledging these administrative shortfalls, the administration has attempted to present a selective narrative of success. He contended:
"When the ground reality is this dire, the government avoids admitting it and instead projects a triumphant image of its 180 days. What the prime minister ought to have done for these shortcomings was to seek forgiveness from the public and solicit cooperative assistance from the opposition and the broader populace."
Turning to foreign relations, Nahid Islam characterized the state’s diplomatic posture as unassertive, criticizing the absence of clear communication regarding high-level state visits. He urged the government to hold bilateral negotiations on long-standing issues—including the expiration of the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, cross-border water management, border fatalities, and push-in actions—on the basis of dignity and sovereign equality.
Highlighting the coalition's planned street demonstrations, Nahid Islam affirmed that the alliance's scheduled long-march rallies represent a constitutionally protected democratic movement, warning that any administrative or political obstruction would be resisted through peaceful, democratic mobilization.
The alliance announced the finalized schedule for its divisional long-march programs:
September 5: Commencing from Shapla Chattar in Dhaka toward Chattogram.
September 19: Moving from Dhaka toward Rangpur.
October 31: Traversing Kushtia and Khulna toward Jashore.
November 21: Railway long march proceeding toward Sylhet.
The meeting was attended by Leader of the Opposition and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar, Assistant Secretary General and Liaison Committee Coordinator Hamidur Rahman Azad, NCP Convener Nahid Islam, and Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish Ameer Mamunul Haque, among other senior coalition leaders.
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