Bangladesh, Jan. 30 -- Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday issued a stark warning against any attempt to manipulate the upcoming election, saying he was prepared to "sacrifice his life" if necessary to prevent the people's rights from being taken away.

Speaking at a campaign rally in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar in support of Saiful Alam Milon, the 11-party alliance candidate in the Dhaka-12 constituency, Dr Rahman said the country's youth would resist any effort to impose election results "by force," as had allegedly happened in the past.

"The youth of the July revolution have not fallen asleep," he said, invoking last year's mass uprising. "If anyone tries again to seize the election outcome through muscle power, the youth wi...