He said this while exchanging views with journalists on Saturday (24 October) morning at the auditorium of the Circuit House in Moulvibazar.

Noting that Jamaat wants to play the role of a responsible opposition in Parliament, the Jamaat Amir said, good initiatives of the government will be supported, but the party will not back down from criticizing mistakes and irregularities. Pointing out that no one in his party is spared if they do wrong, he said it did not even take 24 hours to expel a party MP. In addition, they will not participate in local government elections in alliance.

Commenting that many problems would have been solved if the referendum verdict had been accepted, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman further said effective steps by the government are needed to prevent politicization and irregularities in the administration and various institutions. At that time, he also drew the government's attention to Bangladeshi citizens imprisoned in Saudi Arabian jails. Local Jamaat leaders were present at the exchange meeting.