Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- As Bangladesh moves into a decisive pre-election period, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday accused Jamaat-e-Islami of attempting to drag the country backwards, warning that the group wanted to turn Bangladesh into "another Afghanistan."Addressing supporters while campaigning in his Thakurgaon-1 constituency, Alamgir referenced Sunday's post by the Jamaat's Ameer on X, where he had likened a working woman to prostitution, triggering widespread outrage.
Slamming the post, the senior BNP leader remarked that anyone making such despicable comments on women, had no right to contest.
He said that the upcoming national polls represented a crucial chance to build a state founded on justice and democratic...