Those selling ‘July Spirit’ now ride Prado: BNP MP

Ruling party lawmaker Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman Bachchu (Mymensingh-10) on Thursday said those who sell the July spirit now ride on Prado vehicles, though once they used to ride on rickshaws.

“Those who sell the July spirit many of them used to ride on rickshaws, but now they ride Prado”, he told the Parliament.

The lawmaker made this remark participating in the general discussion on the proposed national budget for 2026-2027 fiscal year.

Akhtaruzzaman said many members in the House had actively participated in the July Movement. "But some people sell the July spirit. We do not sell the July spirit; we embody it. July is not something that can be sold," he said.

Noting that many of those who claim to represent the July spirit often go live on social media, he urged them to go live from their residences so that people could see how their lives have changed.

"They occasionally go live. If they showed the houses they now live in by going live from there, the nation could see where they now stay and how much things have changed (to them)," he said.

The Mymensingh-10 lawmaker questioned why their friends from the opposition bench seem to be a little bit upset regarding the proposed budget despite the prices of 60 essential commodities being decreased by the budgetary measures.     �"UNB