BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir stated that the people of Bangladesh will never bring Jamaat-e-Islami to power. He made the remark on Wednesday at a public reception organized by the Thakurgaon district BNP at the abandoned airport grounds in Shibganj, Thakurgaon. Fakhrul accused Jamaat-e-Islami of opposing the 1971 Liberation War, killing freedom fighters, and committing atrocities against women, asserting that such actions make them unacceptable to the nation.

During his speech, Fakhrul criticized politics conducted in the name of religion and said that truth must be the foundation of politics. When he asked the crowd to name the party that uses religion for politics, attendees responded by shouting “Jamaat-e-Islami.”

Fakhrul also inspected the abandoned Thakurgaon airport and mentioned that plans to reopen it are progressing. He said the project has been included in the planning department’s agenda and that, if feasibility and renovation work begin soon, the airport could reopen within two years.