Dhaka, Feb. 1 -- The BNP has expressed scepticism over Jamaat-e-Islami's claim that a "misogynistic" post published from the X account of its chief Shafiqur Rahman was the result of hacking.

Jamaat said the post was made after hackers briefly took control of Shafiqur's verified X account. The BNP, however, said the timing of the hacking claim raises serious questions.

Mahdi Amin, spokesperson of the BNP's election steering committee and an advisor to party chief Tarique Rahman, said: "It is only natural to question how credible the hacking claim is when it was made around 1:00am-nearly nine hours after the misogynistic post was published and only after criticism intensified."

The post, shared from Shafiqur's X handle on Saturday, sprea...