Sarjis said voters should support those candidates and parties where 'from leaders to grassroots workers, everyone is good,' adding that people must vote for the platform that ensures freedom from oppression, fear, and harassment. Sarjis said he was not directly asking for votes for himself but called on voters-particularly members of the Hindu community-to reflect on which parties' activists had been involved in extortion, syndicates, and intimidation in Panchagarh over the past one and a half years. "If such wrongdoing is committed by NCP or Jamaat activists, then they should not be voted for. He also noted that MPs and ministers often stay outside their constituencies, while people have to deal daily with local leaders and activists. "If leaders from district to ward level are not good, the people of the district cannot live well," Sarjis said, reiterating that voters must choose the place where leaders and activists alike are good.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 05, 2026 18:52 UTC