, Jan. 24 -- e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Friday announced that if elected in the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, his party would implement the first Teesta Mega Plan in northern Bangladesh.

He made the remarks while addressing an election rally organised by the 10-party alliance at the Rangpur Public Library ground.

"The revival of rivers means the revival of life in the north. That is why the Teesta Mega Plan must be implemented," he said, adding that Jamaat would not care who supports or opposes the project. "If you give us responsibility, the first spade will be struck on the Teesta in the north," he asserted.

Dr Shafiqur Rahman said Jamaat does not want one-party rule but people's rule, where scholars, patri...