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Rashed Khan, political assistant to the prime minister, has said that the Awami League (AL), whose political activities have been banned, may be gaining the courage to stage protest rallies in different parts of the capital, including Gulshan, after holding talks with Jamaat-e-Islami.
He made the remarks while responding to questions from journalists after virtually joining the inauguration of the government’s three-month dengue prevention programme and attending an awareness rally in Jhenaidah on Saturday morning (September 12).
“They may have secretly contacted Jamaat-e-Islami and gained the courage to hold these rallies,” he said. “In 1996, Jamaat-e-Islami had joined hands with the Awami League to launch a movement against the BNP government. This time too, the Awami League is finding the courage to launch a movement because of Jamaat.”
Rashed Khan said Jamaat leaders were saying that they had no objection to the Awami League returning to politics. “But we want to make it clear that the people of the country will no longer accept the Awami League’s politics,” he said.
The prime minister’s political assistant further said the BNP had led the anti-autocracy movement in the 1990s as well as the mass uprising of 2024, with many leaders and activists of the BNP and its affiliated organisations sacrificing their lives.
“Therefore, the BNP wants to keep all forces that opposed fascism united,” he said. “On the other hand, Jamaat and the NCP have created divisions among the anti-fascist forces.”
Earlier, Rashed Khan joined a dengue awareness rally organised by the Jhenaidah district administration. District BNP President MA Majid, Vice-President Munsi Kamal Azad Pannu and Anwarul Islam Badsha, Joint Secretary Abdul Majid Biswas, and leaders and activists of the BNP and its affiliated organisations were present.
