Hasnat Abdullah, chief organizer of the NCP’s southern region, said on Friday that he senses the return of fascism in the country. Speaking at an election rally at Dhorokra School field in Chauddagram upazila of Comilla, he urged those planning to seize polling centers to seek their parents’ blessings before leaving home. He emphasized that freedom of expression and the right to dissent must both be preserved.

At the same event, Jamaat-e-Islami’s Nayeb-e-Ameer and former MP Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher claimed that the government’s family card initiative was fake and violated electoral rules. He alleged that one political party aimed to come to power by compromising national interests with India, which he said the country’s youth would resist. Former Islami Chhatra Shibir president Zahidul Islam called on supporters to learn from the past and hand over troublemakers to the police rather than resorting to violence.

Other local leaders from Jamaat-e-Islami, Khilafat Majlis, and labor organizations also addressed the rally, which was conducted by Mohammad Yusuf.