The Islami Andolan Bangladesh has demanded that BNP leader Annie Chowdhury withdraw her recent remarks and issue a public apology. In a joint statement, Sheikh Fazle Bari Masud, Joint Secretary General, and Ariful Islam, Secretary, said Annie made “obscene and fabricated” comments about Islami Andolan’s Amir and Pir Sahib of Char Monai during a public rally—remarks they described as grossly irresponsible and against political etiquette.

The leaders argued that Annie’s comments have “pained the political and conscious sections of society” and accused the BNP of being complicit with autocracy by legitimizing the 2018 “dummy election” and sending six MPs to Parliament. “Falsehood is Annie Chowdhury’s only capital, but the people of Bangladesh now see through it,” they said. They further alleged that BNP is unable to accept the emerging unity among Islamists and accused the party of “betraying the nation” by engaging in extortion, land grabbing, looting, and terrorism. Annie, on her part, had branded Islami Andolan and the Char Monai Pir as “national traitors.”