BNP Chairman’s adviser and Chapainawabganj-1 candidate Professor Md. Shahjahan Miah has claimed that not a single BNP worker in Chapainawabganj has joined Jamaat-e-Islami. He made the statement on Sunday morning during an election campaign in favor of the ‘sheaf of paddy’ symbol at Kamalakantapur village in Shibganj’s Chhatarajipur Union. Miah alleged that Jamaat members were staging photo sessions with their own activists wearing garlands to spread false claims.

He described BNP as an ideological, strong, and popular political party, asserting that the idea of any member defecting to Jamaat was baseless. According to him, Jamaat was spreading rumors and conspiracies after seeing the growing support for BNP ahead of the January 12 election. He also said that many Jamaat members had instead joined BNP, though the party did not wish to publicize it.

Miah urged supporters to remain alert against rumors and to unite in voting for the ‘sheaf of paddy’ symbol. Local BNP leaders, including Shibganj Upazila convener Ashraful Haque and Taufiqul Islam, were present at the campaign event.