Rizvi alleges Islamists ‘strategically’ placed in administration under interim government

Senior BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that individuals with ideological ties to the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, are being “deliberately” placed in key positions within the administration under the interim government. At BNP’s central office in Naya Paltan on Monday afternoon, the senior joint secretary general reacted to a statement by Information Advisor Mahfuj Alam. Rizvi said elements aligned with “fascism” are already present within the administration, and accused the government of elevating Islamist loyalists who once operated as Shibir activists during their student life but later entered the cadre service. He argued that if such figures continue to occupy important posts, “a functional and articulate state will not be possible and a free,...