Rahman’s return comes amid a contemporary wave of unrest and political instability that has been gripping the nation following the killing of distinguished youth chief Sharif Osman Hadi, who performed a key position within the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The BNP Standing Committee members acquired him on the airport. He was accompanied by spouse Zubaida Rahman and daughter Zaima Rahman.
Rahman, the 60-year-old son of ailing former premier Khaleda Zia, has emerged as a number one contender for prime minister within the upcoming February normal elections.
BNP emerged because the forerunner within the modified political panorama after toppling of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League authorities in a student-led violent motion dubbed the July Rebellion on August 5, 2024.
The celebration’s associate throughout its 2001-2006 tenure in energy, Jamaat-e-Islami and its Islamist allies, now appeared as BNP’s foremost rival because the interim authorities disbanded Awami League beneath the nation’s powerful Anti-Terrorism Act via an government order.
Rahman’s return to Bangladesh additionally assumes significance as Jamaat has been making an attempt to broaden affect in Bangladesh’s fractured political panorama.
BNP introduced Rahman’s return on December 12, sparking speculations as in a Fb submit on November 29, Rahman stated, “like every baby,” he longs to be close to his critically sick mom at her “second of disaster”.
