Jamaat Ameer Demands Local Elections Before National Polls

Staff Reporter

Jamaat Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has strongly demanded local government elections before the national polls. Emphasizing the need to restore public trust in the Election Commission, he said the commission’s credibility depends on its performance, and local elections could be a way to test its competence.

Speaking as the chief guest at a prize distribution ceremony for a Quran memorization competition organized by the Noor Foundation in Sylhet on Friday (June 27) afternoon, he said, “If the Election Commission can conduct local elections fairly, only then will the nation understand whether they are capable of holding national elections. We have strongly raised the demand for local elections.”

He further said, “We do not support the politics of mob violence. If the current Election Commission can organize an acceptable election while maintaining neutrality, the people will honor them with garlands of flowers.”

Presided over by Noor Foundation Co-Chairman and veteran journalist Muqtabis-un-Nur and conducted by Hafiz Miftah Uddin, the event also featured speeches by Central Muslim Literary Society President Principal Masud Khan, Sylhet Islamic Society Chairman Professor Fazlur Rahman, and National Imam Association Secretary General Shah Nazrul Islam.

At the event, the guests handed out cash prizes and certificates to the winners of the competition.