Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami central executive member and former MP Shahjahan Chowdhury said that political parties nominating loan defaulters in the upcoming election should feel ashamed. He made the remarks on Monday at the final campaign rally for Abdullah Al Faruk, the 11-party alliance candidate for the Cox’s Bazar-1 (Chakaria-Pekua) constituency, held at Chakaria Government High School field. Chowdhury added that the February 12 election is one of the most significant in the country’s history and that intimidation cannot influence the people’s verdict.

The rally, presided over by Cox’s Bazar district Jamaat leader Akhtar Ahmad, featured Abdullah Al Faruk as the main speaker. Faruk said he had received widespread support from local residents and pledged several development initiatives if elected, including establishing a government college and a Sonali Bank branch in Pekua, upgrading the Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar highway to six lanes, and forming a new upazila named Matamuhuri. He also promised a university in Chakaria, flood control embankments, infrastructure improvements, fair salt prices, better healthcare, and a politics-free of vengeance.

Thousands of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists attended the rally, along with local political and social leaders.