{"id":4364,"date":"2025-10-30T21:44:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=4364"},"modified":"2025-10-30T21:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:44:51","slug":"masood-kamal-slams-national-consensus-commission-as-national-disunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=4364","title":{"rendered":"Masood Kamal slams National Consensus Commission as \u2018national disunity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Veteran Bangladeshi journalist Masud Kamal has launched a scathing attack on the recently concluded National Consensus Commission, labelling its outcomes a complete failure and accusing it of fostering &#8220;national disunity&#8221; rather than unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3k7t26j3o7g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video address<\/a> to his viewers on Thursday, Kamal reiterated his long-standing criticisms of the commission&#8217;s formation, qualifications of its members, and wasteful expenditure of public funds, while also defending himself against personal allegations from abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u09eb\u09e6 \u0995\u09cb\u099f\u09bf \u09a8\u09df, \u09eb \u099f\u09be\u0995\u09be\u09b0 \u09a6\u09c1\u09b0\u09cd\u09a8\u09c0\u09a4\u09bf \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09ae\u09be\u09a3 \u0995\u09b0\u09c1\u09a8  \u0964\u0964 \u09ae\u09be\u09b8\u09c1\u09a6 \u0995\u09be\u09ae\u09be\u09b2  \u0964  \u0995\u09a5\u09be \u0964  Masood Kamal | KOTHA\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3k7t26j3o7g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kamal, known for his outspoken commentary on political reforms, revealed that he had analysed the commission&#8217;s results in a previous content piece. &#8220;From the very beginning, I have criticised the Consensus Commission and various reform commissions,&#8221; he stated. He highlighted structural deficiencies in the commission&#8217;s setup, arguing that the appointed members were largely unqualified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I gave examples: this work is not for them, and the people given responsibility were not competent at all,&#8221; Kamal asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=4352\">BNP slams \u2018deception\u2019 as consensus commission ignites firestorm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=4339\">50 injured as fascist Yunus violently cracks down on Ebtedayi madrasa teachers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=4332\">Minority groups concerned over violence, propaganda by radical Islamists<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key point of contention was the background of senior appointees. Kamal claimed most held foreign citizenship and were expatriates returning to &#8220;rescue&#8221; Bangladesh as if locals were incapable. &#8220;They came with a great vow, showing us work as if we understand nothing,&#8221; he said, mocking the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed outrage over the use of taxpayer money, estimating lavish perks including cars, fuel, offices, salaries, and even senior secretary positions for individuals he deemed underqualified. &#8220;I know someone doubtful of even passing a master&#8217;s who became a senior secretary,&#8221; Kamal fumed, contrasting this with acceptable paths like becoming an MP with less education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The headline from his prior analysis, titled &#8220;A mule&#8217;s foal hatched from a horse&#8217;s egg,\u201d drew self-admission of being overly provocative due to anger. Kamal tied the commission&#8217;s failure to broader electoral issues, noting the BNP&#8217;s accusation that it created &#8220;national disunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He referenced BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir&#8217;s recent statements as evidence of political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=4322\">Interview With The Independent: Sheikh Hasina stands tall, debunks propaganda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=4326\">Interview With Reuters: Sheikh Hasina champions fair, inclusive elections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=4342\">Interview With AFP: Sheikh Hasina blames foreign conspiracy for ouster<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On elections and reforms, Kamal emphasised implementation flaws. Responding to viewer comments, he agreed that good people often lose votes in a flawed system but stressed that elected &#8220;bad&#8221; actors won&#8217;t enact reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You do the work, but who implements? If bad elected people get responsibility, they won&#8217;t do it,&#8221; he explained. He questioned members&#8217; patriotism, arguing that foreign citizenship betrays the nation. &#8220;No patriotic person abandons their country for another citizenship. The right to dictate big reforms belongs only to patriots,&#8221; Kamal declared, prioritising character and loyalty over knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viewer interactions underscored public resonance. One commenter partially agreed initially but was surprised by the extent of failure; another urged Kamal to contest elections to expose local realities. Kamal hoped his predictions were wrong for the nation&#8217;s sake, but lamented, &#8220;This is our fate.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Barking dog\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kamal also addressed personal attacks in a video by anarchist YouTuber Elias Hossain, accusing him of corruption and ties to dubious entities. He dismissed it as baseless &#8220;barking&#8221; lacking evidence or journalistic ethics, challenging Elias to return to Bangladesh for a face-to-face debate or legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Prove even one paisa of corruption, and I&#8217;ll squat holding ears in public,&#8221; he dared, extending an open challenge to all accusers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kamal concluded emotionally, affirming his clean record and family support, while urging viewers to ignore slander. As Bangladesh navigates post-reform political turbulence, Kamal&#8217;s observations highlight deep scepticism toward top-down commissions and call for patriotic, qualified leadership in future elections. The video has sparked widespread discussion on social media, with many echoing demands for accountability in reform processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran Bangladeshi journalist Masud Kamal has launched a scathing attack on the recently concluded National Consensus Commission, labelling its outcomes a complete failure and accusing it of fostering &#8220;national disunity&#8221;&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,20,42],"tags":[77,46,765,50,54,962,56,85,912,64],"class_list":["post-4364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","category-politics","tag-awami-league","tag-bnp","tag-elias-hossain","tag-interim-government","tag-jamaat-e-islami","tag-july-charter","tag-muhammad-yunus","tag-national-citizen-party-ncp","tag-national-consensus-commission-ncc","tag-yunus-gang"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4367,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364\/revisions\/4367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}