No election without caretaker govt: Jamaat

Published June 11, 2023 · Updated June 11, 2023

Hundreds of leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami gather at party's first rally in the capital after a decade on Saturday demanded holding the next national election under a non-party caretaker government.

News Desk :
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Syed Abdullah Md Taher has said the party will thwart the general elections if a caretaker government is not appointed.

Taher also demanded the release of Jamaat leaders from prison and protested the surging prices of daily commodities while speaking at the Institution of Engineers auditorium on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com.

“Those in the government now have also talked about an impartial election. We also want a proper election, democracy requires that,” he said.

“It is unfortunate for this nation that it had to sacrifice for the Language Movement and liberation. But it was never able to cast votes properly since the independence.”

“The 2014 and 2018 elections are over, but it can’t happen again. This time the elections will be held under a caretaker government. Let us talk and you will get a solution,” Taher said.

Taher mentioned that they were prepared to ‘take to the streets’ to ensure a caretaker government.

“You know that our innocent leaders are stuck in jail. We don’t only want to demand their release, we want their immediate release. Otherwise, the situation will get more heated,” Taher added.

Shafiqul Islam Masud, the secretary of Jamaat’s Dhaka South unit, demanded the government reinstate the party by returning its registration as a political group to restore the ‘balance of justice’ in the country.