Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has announced the names of four leaders who would be made ministers if the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance comes to power in the 13th national election. Speaking at a rally in Dhaka’s Badda on February 8, he declared that Dhaka-11 candidate and NCP convener Nahid Islam would be appointed as a minister if the alliance wins. He also emphasized his confidence in young leadership.

Earlier, on January 31 in Comilla-11, he announced that Jamaat’s Nayeb-e-Ameer and local candidate Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher would serve as a senior cabinet member. On February 2 in Maheshkhali, he said that Jamaat candidate Hamidur Rahman Azad could become an important minister if elected. Additionally, during a January 24 rally in Ullapara, Sirajganj, he stated that Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan would be made a minister if the alliance forms the government.

Through these successive announcements, Jamaat has presented a partial outline of a possible future cabinet under its leadership.