section_path: Clashes between BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami
section_name: Clashes between BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami
paragraph_text: Clashes between BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami
  
  On 11 August, Rabiul Islam Nayan, Dhaka City North Unit member secretary of the Jatiyabadi Jubo Dal which is the youth front of BNP was put on allegation of leading a mob to Islami Bank 's main branch in Motijheel to establish control over the first sharia based bank in Bangladesh and sparked tensions.
  
  On 26 August, after the July revolution, the two opposition parties which had been in alliance since 1991 general elections have been drifting away from their ties after the Jamaat chief Shafiqur Rahman 's disparaging comments about the BNP. BNP's attempts to distance itself from the Jamaat is also seen as an attempt by itself to win international support. In an interview given to the Bangladeshi English newspaper The Daily Star, BNP's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir stated on 30 August 2024
  
  The alliance we had with the Jamaat had become dysfunctional long ago. But we were carrying out our anti-government campaigns simultaneously on the basis of mutual consultations. That was how we conducted our campaigns till the fall of the previous regime.Since then, we have been in touch with other parties considering that the interim government is in power and there will be an election soon. Hence an overall political compact is necessary. But at the moment we are not in an alliance.
  
  Observers note that the unprecedented hostilities between the 2 long-time allies broke out over the issue of holding elections to the new Parliament & implementation of reforms. The Jamaat wants to hold a delayed election, which would benefit it & other Islamist outfits by directing the prevailing anti-Awami League sentiment against secularism through galvanization of anti-Indian sentiments & mobilization of support from the conservatives over the ongoing Gaza conflict, with the aim of creating an Islamic state based on sharia. The BNP wants early elections, as it wants to ensure its leader Khaleda Zia can return to campaign for the election after receiving medical treatment abroad (which had been denied by Hasina), alongside her son Tarique Rahman, who had been political exile in London since his conviction in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack. This later spilled out into the Jamaat's student wing, the Islami Chhatra Shibir trying to undermine the influence of BNP's student wing, the Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal, in the country's higher educational institutions.
  
  On 9 October 2024, TCB (Trading Corporation of Bangladesh) cards in Ishwardi, Pabna, 8 were injured after gunfire and clashes between the BNP and Jamaat activists.
  
  On 14 November 2024, over the dispute over building of a shop house, 10 people were injured in a clash between in Bogra District.
  
  On 20 November 2024, 15 people were injured over the dispute of the vacant acting chairman position in Mohdipur union parishad in Gaibandha.
  
  On 21 December 2024, at least 10 people were injured in clashes in Saghata between BNP & Jamaat leaders, several bikes were set on blaze.
  
  On 6 January 2025, 3 were injured as of clashes over the contract of sand supplies in front of Zorargonj police station.
  
  On 7 January, the union office of Jamaat-e-Islami and 6 shops of their supporters were locked after a conflict earlier yesterday, the BNP convener later resolved the issue and mentioned the event as saddening.
  
  On 12 January, a major clash in Kushtia leaves almost 25 injured which was due to a dispute over the election of the president of the Burapara Miton Secondary School managing committee in Mirpur Upazila between Mokhlesur Rahman Mukul, the Amir of the Jamaat in Amla Union, and local BNP leader Rashed Mahmud Nasir.
  
  On 20 March 2025, a violence erupted between the student wing of the two parties in the Bausa union of Rajshahi, over an alleged corruption in the VGD (Vulnerable Group Development) cards. Both of the parties blamed each other for sparking the conflict.
  
  On 15 May 2025, clashes broke out in Pabna between the two parties over the post of guardian member of Debottar Degree College in Atgharia upazila. Leaving at least 5 people wounded. The next day, protests regarding the incident were rallied out. The Jamat alleged Bnp of burning the Qur'an whereas Bnp and jamat both filled cases against alleged perpetrators of vandalism against their party members respectively
  
  On 17 May, clashes broke out in Jagannathpur Union between JeI and BNP after a dispute over the opening of a 150 year old traditional fair "Gazi Kalu-Champabati Mela" which was later closed by the Kumarkhali Police. Several people were injured.
  
  On 5 June, a local Jamat-e-Islami activist Kausar Ahmed was allegedly beaten by Jubodal members in Lakshmipur. Police and relatives of the deceased said that a fight broke out over a previous dispute with three Jubodal members. Local Jamat leaders protested, demanding arrest. However, Laxmipur Jubodal denied claiming the latter was Awami League member.
  
  On 14 June, a protest rally of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was allegedly attacked by Bangladesh Nationalist Party members, 5 people were injured in the clashes.