Hasnat Abdullah, chief organizer of the National Citizens Party (NCP) for the southern region, urged citizens not to entrust their future to what he described as 'looters and mafias'. His remarks came on social media following an alleged attack on NCP candidate Nasir Uddin Patowary in front of Habibullah Bahar College in Dhaka-8 constituency.

In his Facebook post, Abdullah claimed that members of the student organization Chhatra Dal carried out the attack on Patowary, whom he described as a veteran of anti-fascist movements. He questioned the attackers’ intolerance toward opposing views and called on Dhaka-8 voters to decide whether to support those who, he alleged, profit from political power and violence.

Abdullah concluded by urging citizens to protect their rights and safety, warning against empowering individuals he labeled as guardians of thugs and mafias.