Speaking to journalists about his legal hearing in a Shahbagh murder case during the mass uprising, former minister Shahjahan Khan confirmed his intention to run in the next election. “Of course I’ll contest—why wouldn’t I?” he said, slamming the current Awami League regime as fascist. “The war criminals are in power while the freedom fighters are in jail,” he added. Earlier, he had been accused of threatening two police officers at the International Crimes Tribunal.