BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has accused Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman of insulting women through his recent remarks. Speaking on Monday in front of the BNP’s central office in Naya Paltan, Dhaka, during a protest organized by the Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, Rizvi questioned why Jamaat had not nominated any women candidates and warned that women’s hardship would increase if Jamaat came to power.

At the same rally, Mohila Dal President Afroza Abbas said the Jamaat chief had humiliated all women and demanded that he publicly apologize if he could not prove his claim that his social media account was hacked. She urged women to stand against Jamaat, accusing the party of being anti-liberation and of betraying women during the 1971 war.

BNP Standing Committee member Begum Selima Rahman also demanded an apology from Shafiqur Rahman, warning that failure to do so would provoke strong reaction from women. She said women would demonstrate on February 12 that no party disrespecting them could ever win.