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DHAKA, Jan 31, 2026 (BSS) - Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman today said those who will govern the country in the future should visit the July Memorial Museum, where prototypes of the autocratic regime's "Aynaghar" have been preserved, to understand the consequences of oppression against people.

"Many prototypes of the tyrant's Aynaghar have been kept at the July Memorial. Future rulers should go and see them. They can learn what fate awaits those who commit injustice against people," he told an electoral rally of in Keraniganj this afternoon.

Dr Shafiqur said those who truly love the country want to bring peace to the people, while those who do not love the country inflict suffering. 

Referring to Jamaat's past, he said 11 top Jamaat leaders were killed on false charges, all party offices were shut for more than 13 and a half years, over a thousand leaders and activists were killed, homes of activists were demolished with bulldozers, party symbols were snatched away and the party was eventually banned.

Among others, National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam, Jagpa Vice-President and Spokesperson Engineer Rashed Pradhan, Jamaat central executive council members Abdul Jabbar and Advocate Mashiul Alam, Islami Chhatra Shibir Secretary General Sibghatullah Sibgha, and several alliance candidates addressed the rally. 

The Jamaat Ameer said the nation never imagined that fascists would be humiliated and forced to flee the country, nor that an election would be held on February 12, 2026. "The nation also never imagined it would be spared from rivers of blood and rows of corpses," he added.

Dr Shafiqur Rahman alleged that those who established fascism for more than 15 years looted banks and the stock market, plundered people's wealth, turned the country into a haven of extortion and plunged it into corruption.

Highlighting Jamaat's role after August 5, he said the party had declared it would not take revenge. However, if affected individuals or families seek legal remedy, Jamaat would provide full cooperation to ensure justice. 

He said at Jamaat's request, around 1.5 million activists guarded religious institutions, damaged offices and other establishments day and night across the country to help restore peace and order.

He further alleged that ministers of the autocratic government sent their own children abroad while playing with the blood and wealth of the people. "Many were killed and their bodies were dumped into the Buriganga and Shitalakkhya rivers, tied with bricks or cement sacks," he said, adding that some bodies were even mutilated.

Jamaat Ameer said attempts were made to block progress on the July Charter, reforms and a referendum, but under public pressure, the same groups have now started talking about a referendum. 

"Without July, what election would there be in 2026?" he said, adding that demanding an election without fulfilling July's aspirations is unacceptable.

Speaking about building a changed Bangladesh, he said Jamaat is committed to making the country free from corruption and extortion, restoring the dignity of mothers and sisters, and stopping bank looting and stock market plunder.

Referring to the referendum, he said Jamaat wanted it to be held first so that both the referendum and the national election could be conducted smoothly. Addressing the youth, he said Jamaat does not believe in insulting young people by offering unemployment allowances, but instead wants to provide skills and dignified employment.

He expressed confidence that the "Yes" vote would win in the referendum, saying "Yes means freedom, and No means slavery." He said Jamaat seeks a Bangladesh free from domination, in the spirit of martyrs Abrar Fahad and Sharif Osman bin Hadi.

Later, Dr Shafiqur Rahman formally handed over the 'Scale' and 'Water Lily Bud' symbols to the candidates of the 11-party electoral alliance, saying they are the only official candidates of the alliance.