Calling for a politics anchored in justice rather than power, Mamunul Haque urged citizens to vote for the “Rickshaw” symbol in the upcoming 13th national election and to back the July Charter referendum with a “Yes.” In a televised speech broadcast on Bangladesh Television, the chief of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish framed the poll as a choice between entrenched corruption and a rights-based order.
Opening with prayers and tributes to historical movements—from 1947 and 1952 to 1971, 1990, the 2013 Shapla events, and the 2024 student-led uprising—Haque said Bangladesh belongs to “workers, farmers, scholars, women and men, hills and plains alike.” He argued decades of graft and repression have hollowed state institutions, adding that politics “as a power-grab” destroys nations.
Haque endorsed state overhaul via the July Charter and called for independent and effective electoral and judicial systems, depoliticized administration, and zero tolerance for corruption, drugs and extortion. Addressing youth, he promised jobs over handouts, including an employment-guarantee program ensuring at least one earner per family, along with policies to expand domestic industry and investment.
On women’s rights, he pledged safety and dignity at home and work, rapid trials against dowry and abuse, and stronger workplace protections. Farmers and workers, he said, would see action against middlemen, fair crop prices, subsidies, safer workplaces, and social protection. For expatriates, he outlined streamlined, broker-free services, better remittance facilities and reintegration support.
Haque said governance would follow Qur’an and Sunnah, adding that the state would recognize Qadiani/Ahmadi as non-Muslim while pledging no harm to any citizen’s life, security, or dignity. He cast 2008–2024 as years of deepening crisis—eroded elections, repression, looting, and inflation—and argued that “not just a government change, but a change in statecraft and political culture” is required.
The party is contesting 26 seats under an 11-party arrangement and supporting allies elsewhere. Haque concluded by urging voters to back “Rickshaw” in the Feb 12 election and to vote “Yes” in the referendum, calling the moment “a verdict on justice for the next generation.”