BNP Chairperson's Advisor Fazlur Rahman has alleged that he was barred from entering Bangladesh for years by former President Abdul Hamid. "Hamid kept me imprisoned under false sedition charges and refused to let me return," he stated. Rahman further claimed that Abdul Hamid now survives politically only through the mercy of Jamaat-e-Islami. He alleged that Hamid’s brother-in-law, Jihad Khan, is currently Jamaat’s candidate for Kishoreganj-3. "He relies on Golam Azam’s son and Jamaat leader Dr. Shafiqur Rahman to maneuver politically, even to travel abroad," Rahman said. He strongly criticized the former president, adding, “The Hamids of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman now live under the grace of Jamaat. I refuse to exist for even a second under the mercy of anti-Liberation forces.”