On June 13, Jamaat’s Secretary General, Professor Mia Mohammad Golam Porwar, announced in the morning that Shahjahan Chowdhury would contest the upcoming 13th parliamentary election from the Satkania-Loahagara constituency as a Jamaat candidate. However, by the afternoon, it was declared that he had been relieved of his post as the Chattogram city Ameer. The sudden decision stunned many of his followers. While some local leaders claimed that he was being brought into the central leadership, others suggested that his involvement in controversial incidents following the mass uprising, including inflammatory remarks and allegations of criminal activity by his followers, may have triggered his removal.