More than one hundred Hindu residents of Kirttipasha Union in Jhalakathi Sadar upazila formally joined Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday night. The joining took place during a prize distribution ceremony of a cricket tournament organized by the Bangladesh Labour Welfare Federation. The event was attended by Jhalakathi district Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Advocate Hafizur Rahman as chief guest and Sheikh Neyamul Karim, the party’s nominated candidate for Jhalakathi-2 constituency. The new members were welcomed with flowers by the guests.

The large-scale joining of Hindu community members to a political party has sparked wide discussion in the district’s political sphere. One of the new members, Sujit Gharami of Kirttipasha Union, said they were drawn by Jamaat-e-Islami’s ideological stance, discipline, and social welfare activities. District Ameer Hafizur Rahman stated that public trust in the party is growing and that people from various faiths are joining their justice-based politics. He added that the party continues to work for the safety and rights of minority communities and aims to build a better Bangladesh with people of all religions.