KHULNA, Oct 31, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General and former lawmaker Mia Golam Parwar today called for holding the next national election in February next year, following the implementation of the July Charter and a national referendum in November.

He made the remarks while addressing as the chief guest at a Hindu Conference organised by the Dumuria upazila Sanatan (Hindu) wing of Jamaat-e-Islami at Swadhinata Chattar in Khulna's Dumuria upazila.

Dumuria Upazila Hindu Committee President Babu Krishna Nandi presided over the event, while Principal Deb Prasad Mondal, the committee's secretary conducted the programme.

Addressing the gathering, Golam Parwar said that successive governments since independence have used the Hindu community only for their political gain and personal enrichment.

"Now it is time for the real development of the Hindu community and national infrastructure under an Islamic government," he added.

He alleged that over the past five decades, the ruling class has exploited Hindu citizens through state-backed extortion and land grabbing.

"If Jamaat is entrusted with the responsibility of governing the country, terrorism, extortion and illegal occupation will be eliminated. The people want change, and we are working towards that change" he said.

Referring to the recent students' union elections, Parwar said that students from Dhaka University, Chattogram University, Rajshahi University and Jahangirnagar University have already sent a message of change.

"The nation will reflect that message in the next general election, Insha'Allah," he added.

Following the conference, a large procession paraded through various roads in Dumuria upazila.

Hindu community leaders Advocate Abul Khair, Pramatha Gain, Md. Moslem Uddin, Dr. Haridas Mondal, Kanai Lal Karmakar, Prashanta Kumar Mondal, Goutam Kumar Mondal, Sujit Kumar Sarkar, Advocate Aposh Singh Gobinda Kundu, Biplob Sarkar, Kartik Chandra Sarkar, Narayan Raha, Bishwanath Das, Tanmoy Mondal, Niranjan Roy, Tarun Kumar Mondal, Priyanka Mondal, Pradip Kumar Sarkar, Animesh Mondal, Manoranjan Mondal, Gobinda Kumar Biswas, Swadesh Halder and Arun Kumar Acharya, among others, also spoke on the occasion.