Jamaat, BNP should work together for next five years: Ameer

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday said Jamaat and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) should work together for the next five years to restore a congenial environment in the interest of national stability.

“We have said that for the sake of our much-loved country, we worked together in the past and, InshaAllah, we will work together in the future as well. Mr Tarique Rahman and the BNP leadership have expressed the same aspiration, and we have also shared that aspiration,” he said.

The Jamaat Ameer made this remark while talking to reporters after a meeting with BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office on Thursday evening.

Dr Shafiqur Rahman said the two parties also discussed whether they could collectively think about restoring a stable and favourable environment for the nation over the next five years.

“We have also said that we need to think about whether we can all come together to bring back a good environment for the sake of the stability of the nation for five years,” he said.

Dr Shafiqur said Jamaat and BNP will sit together after the upcoming national election and the referendum to be held on February 12, 2026.

“Immediately after the election and before the formation of the government, we will sit together with an open mind to discuss national interests, think for the nation and take decisions accordingly,” the Jamaat chief added.