Jamaat-e-Islami’s Assistant Secretary General and Opposition Whip in Parliament Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan has said that the interim government was involved in ‘election engineering’ or election rigging. At the same time, he has raised questions about the impartiality of many in the current government and has strongly criticized their role.
\nHe said these things at a conference of district Jamaat unit presidents at the Municipal Community Center in Joypurhat city on Saturday afternoon (April 4). Criticizing the activities of the advisors of the interim government, Rafiqul Islam said that many advisors have failed to maintain impartiality. Many of them have tried to implement the party’s agenda. We strongly condemn and criticize their role.
\nStrongly criticizing a comment made by Syeda Rizwana Hasan, advisor to the interim government, he said that people all over the world know that advisor Rizwana Hasan said – we did not let Jamaat come to power. At least we have been able to do this much that we did not let them come into the mainstream even from the opposition party, that is, we did not let them form the government.
\nQuestioning the transparency of the parliamentary elections held on February 12, the opposition whip said that how the elections were held is completely clear to the people of the country and journalists. Noting that an advisor to the interim government took oath as a minister of the party government from the first day, he said that this proves that the interim government was involved in this electoral fraud.
\nRafiqul Islam called for the government to clarify its position on the issue of ‘referendum’ and ‘reforms’. He claimed that about 70 percent of the country’s people voted ‘yes’ in the referendum. He reminded that the current Prime Minister and government ministers also once sought votes in favor of this referendum and also campaigned. Criticizing those who are now saying that ‘referendums do not matter’, he asked the nation, will you accept the referendum or not? Will you accept the reforms or not? You should clarify the matter before the nation.
\nRafiqul Islam warned the government by giving an example from Bangladesh’s political history, saying, “There are many such incidents in Bangladesh’s history where the government, even if it initially did not want to accept, was forced to accept at some point.” He also commented that the current government will also be forced to implement the referendum verdict at some point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jamaat-e-Islami’s Assistant Secretary General and Opposition Whip in Parliament Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan has said…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[274],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1?v=1775383257",1200,630,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1?v=1775383257",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=300%2C158&ssl=1?v=1775383257",300,158,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=640%2C336&ssl=1?v=1775383257",640,336,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=640%2C336&ssl=1?v=1775383257",640,336,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1?v=1775383257",1200,630,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1?v=1775383257",1200,630,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?resize=1115%2C630&ssl=1?v=1775383257",1115,630,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1?v=1775383257",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C538&ssl=1?v=1775383257",1024,538,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?resize=540%2C340&ssl=1?v=1775383257",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?resize=400%2C250&ssl=1?v=1775383257",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Biz Trend 24","author_link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/author\/online24"},"category_info":"Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled_design_80_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1?v=1775383257","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44811,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=44811&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":62491,"position":0},"title":"What did the Chief Advisor tell the NCP and Jamaat?","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"October 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Leaders of the National Citizens Party (NCP) and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami met with Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus to discuss the overall preparations for the upcoming general elections and various steps taken by the government. In a separate meeting at the State Guest House Jamuna on Wednesday (October 22), the NCP\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National"","block_context":{"text":"National","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=284&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-23T152541.267-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-23T152541.267-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-23T152541.267-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-23T152541.267-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-23T152541.267-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54332,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=54332&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":62491,"position":1},"title":"Jamaat Ameer to meet chief advisor in the evening","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"January 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will hold a meeting with the chief advisor of the interim government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, on various contemporary political issues. Party Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman will lead a four-member delegation. The meeting will be held at the State Guest House Jamuna at 6:30 pm today, Sunday (January 18).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National"","block_context":{"text":"National","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=284&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_design_-_2026-01-18T160445.488_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1768730874&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_design_-_2026-01-18T160445.488_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1768730874&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_design_-_2026-01-18T160445.488_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1768730874&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_design_-_2026-01-18T160445.488_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1768730874&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_design_-_2026-01-18T160445.488_1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1768730874&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59470,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=59470&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":62491,"position":2},"title":"Sit on the street with a begging bowl instead of asking for money: Rafiqul","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"March 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Jamaat Islami Central Assistant Secretary General and newly elected MP Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan said, sit on the street with a begging bowl instead of asking for money from bus, truck, auto-rickshaw and van drivers. The people of this country do not like extortion. To stop extortion, the laws of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=274&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled_design_-_2026-03-04T152156.599_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1772616180&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled_design_-_2026-03-04T152156.599_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1772616180&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled_design_-_2026-03-04T152156.599_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1772616180&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled_design_-_2026-03-04T152156.599_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1772616180&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled_design_-_2026-03-04T152156.599_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1772616180&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38650,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=38650&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":62491,"position":3},"title":"Dr. Taher doubts legal recognition of July Charter","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"August 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The purpose of those who want to give the legal basis of the July Charter through the elected government is not good, said Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Naib-e-Amir Dr. Syed Abdullah Md. Taher. He made this comment at a protest rally organized in Bijoynagar in the capital on Wednesday (August 13) afternoon\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=274&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-14T121309.982.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-14T121309.982.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-14T121309.982.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-14T121309.982.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-14T121309.982.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51273,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=51273&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":62491,"position":4},"title":"\u2018Those who spoke against India were killed\u2019","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"December 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan said, \u2018Those who spoke against India\u2019s dominance were killed in a planned manner. In that vein, Osman Hadi\u2019s fate was also similar. A revolutionary voice has fallen prematurely.\u2019 He said these words as the chief guest at a discussion and prayer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=274&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-21T162238.780_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1766312640&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-21T162238.780_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1766312640&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-21T162238.780_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1766312640&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-21T162238.780_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1766312640&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-21T162238.780_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1766312640&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59548,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=59548&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":62491,"position":5},"title":"Jamaat-e-Islami delegation meets Paul Kapoor","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"March 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A five-member delegation of Jamaat-e-Islami met US Assistant Secretary of State Paul Kapoor, who is visiting Dhaka. The meeting was held at the US Embassy in the capital at 10 am today, Thursday (March 5). Led by the organization's Naye-e-Ameer and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=274&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled_design_-_2026-03-05T130929.462_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1772694652&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled_design_-_2026-03-05T130929.462_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1772694652&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled_design_-_2026-03-05T130929.462_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1772694652&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled_design_-_2026-03-05T130929.462_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1772694652&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled_design_-_2026-03-05T130929.462_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1772694652&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62491"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62494,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62491\/revisions\/62494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}