DHAKA, Dec 26, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman and former 
lawmaker Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho today said he had stated in 
parliament nearly 15 years ago that BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman would 
return to the country and that the people of Bangladesh would decide his 
political future.

In a recent post on social media platform 'Facebook', Partho said BNP Acting 
Chairman Tarique Rahman has now returned to Bangladesh after 17 years.

Recalling his statement in parliament, he said it was not easy to make such a 
remark in front of the then prime minister, adding that it was neither a 
calculation nor a prediction but an expression of his firm belief.

He further said he believed the political future of a popular leader like 
Tarique Rahman could not be determined by a judicial pen stroke, but by the 
will of Allah and the people at the right time.

Partho congratulated Tarique Rahman, BNP leaders and activists, and the 
people of Bangladesh on the occasion of his return to national politics after 
17 years in exile.