Jamaat-e-Islami leader Rafiq ul Islam Khan has stressed the need for essential electoral reforms before holding the national elections. Speaking at a public event, he warned that without such reforms, many would attempt to replicate the ‘Awami-style’ elections. “If we wanted that, people wouldn’t have sacrificed their lives in the July uprising,” he said. Rafiq claimed that the people of Bangladesh would vote in favor of Islam in the next election and vowed not to let fascism return. He also demanded visible justice for those involved in the July massacre and urged the identification and prosecution of individuals within the government who are allegedly conspiring to bring back authoritarian rule.