Chauddagram: Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer and Cumilla-11 (Chauddagram) candidate Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher on Wednesday said the 13th parliamentary election would determine the future course of Bangladesh. ‘This election will decide whether Bangladesh moves forward with independence and self-respect or returns to the dark phase of the past 54 years,’ he said while addressing a views-exchange meeting at a party office in Chauddagram in the district in the afternoon.

According to United News of Bangladesh, Dr Taher emphasized that the upcoming polls would also decide whether the country would revert to what he described as fascist politics or move towards building a democratic, civil, and just society by safeguarding the rights of all citizens. He highlighted that the election would pave the way for a new phase of national development and create an opportunity for the actual reflection of people’s opinions.

The meeting was chaired by Chauddagram Upazila Jamaat Ameer Mahfuzur Rahman. Jamaat-e-Islami Central Majlish Shura member and Cumilla South District Ameer Advocate Mohammad Shahjahan, former district Ameer Mohammad Abdus Sattar, former upazila Ameer VP Sahab Uddin, and Municipal Ameer Maulana Ibrahim also spoke at the event.