Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Nayeb-e-Ameer and Member of Parliament Professor Mujibur Rahman stated that if the referendum verdict is implemented, no one will be able to become an autocrat again. Speaking as the chief guest at a Dhaka Metropolitan South Jamaat educational camp on Friday, he said those aspiring to authoritarian rule cannot accept the verdict. He warned the government that no administration opposing the people’s will has ever survived and urged respect for the referendum outcome.

Assistant Secretary General Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan, the main discussant at the event, said Jamaat has endured severe repression but earned a place in the people’s hearts. He claimed that before the February 12 election, citizens voted hoping to bring Jamaat to power, but election engineering and vote rigging deprived them of that outcome. He cautioned that such manipulation could recur and called on supporters to remain vigilant.

The event, held at the Institution of Diploma Engineers auditorium in Dhaka, was chaired by MP Nurul Islam Bulbul and attended by several central and city-level Jamaat leaders.