Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Nayeb-e-Ameer Dr. Abdullah Mohammad Taher urged voters to choose candidates who would benefit the entire country. Speaking as chair at a 11-party election rally held at the Pilot High School field in Chauddagram, Cumilla, on Saturday noon, he asked supporters to vote for him under the party’s scale symbol if they believed he would stand by them. Taher said he had worked to end political violence and bloodshed in Chauddagram during his tenure and focused on the area’s development.

He recalled that after a mass uprising, his first call was to Chauddagram, instructing that there be no vandalism, bloodshed, or arson, and that no one should act out of revenge. Jamaat Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, speaking as chief guest, stated that if Jamaat came to power, Taher would serve as a senior member of the cabinet. Other speakers included NCP convener Nahid Islam, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish Ameer Maulana Mamunul Haque, and several leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir.

The rally reflected Jamaat’s effort to project unity among allied Islamist parties ahead of upcoming elections.