Dr. Rustam Ali Farazi, former Member of Parliament from Pirojpur-3 (Mathbaria), has officially joined Islami Andolan Bangladesh after receiving the party’s nomination. He has been declared the party’s candidate for Pirojpur-3 under the “Hand Fan” electoral symbol. Farazi has previously been elected four times from three different parties—BNP, Jatiya Party, Grand Alliance, and once as an independent. Most recently, he contested as an independent in the “dummy election” but was defeated. On Saturday, he joined Islami Andolan after meeting party leader Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim. Party leaders confirmed that although Farazi had initially joined Islami Andolan in 2017, his membership was suspended after he took part in a disputed election.