Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has called on voters to be wary of Jamaat-e-Islami, referring to it as a "secret organisation".

He said, "The people of this secret organisation have emerged as new oppressors of the people of Bangladesh."

The BNP chief made these remarks at a party rally at the Bells Park grounds in Barishal city on Wednesday afternoon.

Referring to the Awami League era, he said: "After Aug 5, we had hoped that the tyranny that took away the people's right to vote and the right to speak, the way they (Awami League) would speak to the people, the way they humiliated the respected and esteemed personalities of Bangladesh, the way they belittled people - these practices would have stopped after they fled on Au...