Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman announced plans to turn North Bengal into the capital of the agricultural industry during an election campaign rally organized by the ten-party alliance at the Panchagarh Sugar Mill field on Friday. He said the party aims to reopen closed sugar mills and shift the national slogan from “Teknaf to Tetulia” to “Tetulia to Teknaf.” Rahman emphasized that the alliance does not rely on membership cards but on the people’s support.

In his address, Rahman stated that North Bengal had been deliberately kept poor since Bangladesh’s independence and vowed to create employment opportunities in the region. He criticized the drying up of four rivers and questioned the government’s responsibility. He also pledged to establish 64 medical colleges across the country and recover Tk 28,000 crore allegedly laundered abroad. Rahman further promised to curb corruption, extortion, and money laundering if given the chance to govern.

The rally was part of the ten-party alliance’s election campaign, where Rahman called for unity and urged voters to bring change through the upcoming election scheduled for January 12.