Political Assistant to the Prime Minister Rashed Khan issued a sharp political critique against Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami for formally welcoming former BNP Member of Parliament Major (Retd.) Akhtaruzzaman into the party fold.
In a verified Facebook post published on Tuesday night, November 3, 2026, Rashed Khan stated that the public is characterizing the reception ceremony as "the 1971 Razakar flower-welcoming the 2024 Razakar!" Rashed recalled how, during the peak of the July 2024 anti-authoritarian student-led uprising, Major Akhtaruzzaman appeared on the talk show Face the People hosted by anchor Sagar and explicitly labeled all protesters—including Rashed Khan and Jamaat-Shibir activists—as "one hundred percent children of Razakars."
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