Muhammad Yunus Won't Stay In Office Beyond June 2026, Election Before Deadline: Report

<p>Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has reaffirmed that he will not remain in office beyond June 30 next year and the general election will be held before the June deadline, a senior official said on Sunday.</p> <p>Shafiqul Alam, Press Secretary of Chief Adviser, said that a meeting was held between Muhammad Yunus and leaders of different political parties to discuss key issues, including elections, the Daily Sun reported.</p> <p>"Prof Yunus made it clear that the election would take place between December and 30 June. He said he will not stay in the chair even for a single day after 30 June next year,&rdquo; Shafiqul Alam told reporters after the meeting.</p> <p>Yunus told the participants that Bangladesh was in a state of war and the Awami League was trying to destabilise the country.</p> <p>"We are in a state of war. After banning the Awami League, they are trying to destabilise the country. We must protect ourselves from this," Shafiqul quoted Yunus as saying.</p> <p>The Chief Advisor further said that the leaders must overcome divisions and maintain consensus, adding that there was a conspiracy, both inside and outside the country.</p> <p>The development comes a day after Former prime minister Khaleda Zia&rsquo;s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) asked interim government chief Muhammad Yunus to hold national elections by December 2025 and reconstitute his cabinet by removing &ldquo;controversial advisers&rdquo;.</p> <p>BNP&rsquo;s highest policy making standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain met Yunus at his official residence and asked him to announce a roadmap for holding the election and also demanded the formation of an advisory council.</p> <p>Earlier this week, Muhammad Yunus told student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) leaders that he was mulling resignation as he felt &ldquo;the situation is such that he cannot work, citing difficulties in working amid the failure of political parties to find common ground for change."</p> <p>He reportedly expressed an identical desire to quit in a cabinet meeting earlier on Thursday, where his colleagues persuaded him not to relinquish.&nbsp;</p>

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