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Two days up of the swearing-in ceremonial for the caller authorities of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman and Prime Minister-designate, Tarique Rahman, reached retired to Opposition leaders connected Sunday (February 15, 2026).
In a reconciliatory gesture, Mr. Rahman visited Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) person Shafiqur Rahman astatine his residence, adjacent arsenic the JeI held consultations with members of the 11-party confederation astir seeking a recount successful 32 parliamentary constituencies. The BNP Chairman besides met the National Citizen Party’s (NCP) convener, Nahid Islam.
The gathering betwixt the JeI person and Mr. Tarique Rahman came a time aft JeI and the confederation subordinate NCP alleged that the predetermination process was riddled with “inconsistencies” and “fabrications,” though they did not situation the results that gave the BNP-led confederation 212 seats, portion the 11-party confederation won 77 seats and the JeI secured 68 — its highest tally successful Bangladesh’s electoral history.
Chairman Tarique Rahman had reached retired to the absorption during his archetypal property league connected Saturday (February 14, 2026), erstwhile helium called upon each sides to “remain united.”
The BNP refused to picture Mr. Tarique Rahman’s meetings with the JeI person and Mr. Islam arsenic attempts to resoluteness immoderate governmental disputes up of the swearing-in ceremonial and said that the meetings were simply post-election “courtesy” calls.
The gathering with Mr. Islam was held astatine the latter’s residence connected Bailey Road successful Dhaka, wherever Mr. Tarique Rahman was accompanied by BNP caput wide Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and lasting committee subordinate Nazrul Islam Khan. Following the meeting, an NCP spokesperson described the sojourn by the BNP enactment arsenic “a invited move.”
Just earlier Mr. Tarique Rahman visited the JeI chief’s residence, the Jamaat-led confederation had called for protests implicit post-poll unit allegedly targeting Jamaat cadres successful assorted parts of Bangladesh. Earlier connected Sunday (February 15, 2026), a delegation from the 11-party confederation visited the Election Commission and sought a recount successful 32 constituencies.
However, aft the gathering betwixt the BNP Chairman and the JeI person (Ameer), Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher of JeI told the media that the sojourn by the person of the winning broadside “indicates a qualitative alteration successful nationalist politics.” He added, “In the coming days, we volition play the relation of a constructive stakeholder.”
In a societal media post, JeI main Mr. Shafiqur Rahman congratulated the PM-designate and said, “We volition cooperate afloat connected matters of nationalist interest, yet we volition discharge our law work arsenic a steadfast and principled Opposition.”
Jamaat had travel retired with a three-page-long database of attacks that allegedly took spot betwixt Friday (February 13, 2026) and Saturday (February 14, 2026) aft the predetermination gave an implicit bulk to the BNP, giving it powerfulness for the 4th clip successful the past of Bangladesh.
Jamaat had alleged that successful respective instances, the post-poll attacks were carried retired by the supporters of some the BNP and the banned Awami League.
