Overview

• Hundreds of thousands of supporters gathered at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka, marking Jamaat-e-Islami’s first rally on the site since 1971.
• The party outlined a seven-point agenda calling for free and fair elections, trials of mass killings, political reforms, charter implementation and proportional representation.
• Muhammad Yunus’s interim government has scheduled the next vote for April—with February still possible—and maintains its ban on the Awami League.
• Jamaat-e-Islami intends to contest 300 parliamentary seats and is seeking alliances with other Islamist groups to emerge as a third political force.
• The rally highlights the growing influence of Islamists in Bangladesh’s fragmented political landscape after last year’s uprising and Sheikh Hasina’s ouster.