Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday night warned that the party and its allies might move towards a one-point demand if the government failed to accept their seven-point charter.

"The government must accept these demands. If you do not agree to the seven-point charter voluntarily, you may find yourselves facing a one-point demand. The seven-point charter could turn into a one-point demand at any moment," he said.

He was speaking at a rally organised by the 11-party alliance at Chuadanga Bus Stand in Jhenaidah town.

Shafiqur said the alliance had taken to the streets with a seven-point charter representing the demands of the people, although they had initially hoped to resolve the issues through parliament.

The seven-point demands are: implementation of the “people's verdict" in the February 12 referendum, trial of July 2024 mass killings, resolution of the energy and fertilizer crisis, taking measures to control soaring prices of essential commodities, an end to corruption, extortion and violence, improvement of the law and order situation and an end to narrow partisanship in government contract and hirings.

He accused the government of betraying the mandate of the referendum, disrespecting the wishes of 70 per cent of the people and delaying the implementation of its verdict.

"We did not enter parliament to serve our personal interests. We had pledged that, if we came to power, we would not allow excessive rises in the prices of essential commodities. But the government has failed to honour that commitment," he said.

The Jamaat Ameer said people had not sacrificed their lives simply to remove one political party and bring another to power. Rather, they had fought for fundamental changes to the political and state systems, he added.

"If the referendum is considered illegitimate, then both the government and the opposition are equally illegitimate. We will not accept such betrayal of the people," he said.

Shafiqur said the alliance did not want to create instability in the country and wanted peace, but it would not remain silent if people's rights were denied.

He said implementing the referendum's mandate and reforming state institutions would help create a political environment free from extortion, land grabbing, corruption, terrorism and violence.

"Politics must be conducted with decency. It has nothing to do with terrorism. This is the kind of politics we want to establish in Bangladesh," he said.

He also said there would be no need for a one-point demand, including the government's resignation, if the government accepted the seven-point charter.

Pledging to restore people's rights, he said they would not bow to injustice.

Earlier in the afternoon, a large number of Jamaat leaders and activists, including many women, began gathering along roadsides in Jhenaidah town.

The rally was presided over by district Jamaat Ameer Ali Azam Md Abu Bakr.