Farhad Iqbal is a rebel candidate to implement political agenda

A faction of the Awami League and Jamaat-e-Islami are behind the independent candidate Advocate Farhad Iqbal in Tangail-5 (Sadar) constituency. There have also been allegations that Farhad was provided with several crores of taka as election expenses.

According to sources, Advocate Farhad Iqbal, who was expelled from the district BNP general secretary in Tangail-5 (Sadar) constituency, did not run for election himself. He himself was willing to withdraw his nomination to work for the party. However, now he is running to implement the agenda of Jamaat-e-Islami and a section of the Awami League that is absconding abroad. In fact, Farhad has been made an independent candidate to defeat the BNP candidate. However, the BNP and the conscious voters of Tangail Sadar are not taking this dirty conspiracy of theirs well. The people of Sadar want to stop all the lies and confusion of Farhad's gang.

Farhad has received a large amount of money in the last few days to implement his agenda against the paddy sheaf symbol. Such news has spread everywhere. Intelligence agencies are also seriously investigating this matter.

This information was obtained by talking to people from various professions and classes in various unions and wards of Tangail Sadar constituency over the past week.

While talking to several close workers of Farhad Iqbal in disguise at a tea stall without revealing their profession, they said that they left Farhad after knowing about Farhad Iqbal's secret mission. Because they love BNP with all their heart. Farhad Iqbal has tried to capitalize on those who were in BNP's difficult times for the last 17 years. He has betrayed the party just by falling into the trap of money.

According to sources, the day after the BNP nomination was finalized, Farhad Iqbal met with District Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Ahsan Habib. The plans were finalized in this secret meeting. Meanwhile, a Zoom meeting was held between independent candidate Farhad Iqbal and a section of the Awami League, which had reigned terror in Tangail during the Awami League government for the past 17 years. In this meeting, Farhad Iqbal was requested not to leave the field. During this time, he was promised a large sum of money in the Zoom meeting.

This section of the Awami League thinks that if Sultan Salahuddin Tuk becomes an MP, their politics will become difficult in the future. Because Sultan Salahuddin Tuk has made an election promise that if he becomes an MP, Tangail will be made free from terrorism and extortion. No drug trade will be allowed. He has announced to make Tangail free from youth gangs. And for that reason, if Tuk can be defeated in the election, it will be very beneficial for Jamaat and the fugitive Awami terrorists in the future.

Investigations revealed that the main mastermind of the Yaba business in Tangail was an organizing secretary of the district Awami League. This Yaba businessman occupied several bighas of land in his own area of ​​the city. On August 5, 2024, the Awami League leader fled the country. Since then, Tangail city BNP president and former municipal councilor Mehdi Hasan Alim has taken responsibility for selling the occupied land worth several hundred crores of taka. This expelled leader from BNP signed Farhad Iqbal's nomination paper as a proposer. He is the main person responsible for Farhad Iqbal's election. He was recently expelled from BNP for violating party discipline. It was through this expelled leader that several crores of taka were sent from outside the country as election expenses for Farhad Iqbal.

Meanwhile, a small section of BNP that played a major role in the first phase of the election, Farhad Iqbal, has abandoned Farhad after learning about such a conspiracy. All of them are now campaigning for the paddy sheaf symbol. In this situation, Farhad Iqbal is now largely alone. He is somehow surviving in the voting field with two or four workers.

Several BNP leaders have alleged that Farhad Iqbal himself knows that he cannot be elected. Still, Farhad is in the field as an independent candidate only to give Jamaat-e-Islami an advantage in the election. The leaders and activists believe that Farhad Iqbal has pocketed several crores of taka from BNP's opponents in the last few months. That is why he could not withdraw from the election despite the objections of his family and close relatives.

They also said that there is no alternative to Salauddin Tuku in Tangail Sadar. The general public believes that he is the only suitable candidate to improve the fate of the people of Tangail Sadar, that is, the vast char region. The people of the char region have united in favor of Tuku. The construction of dams and bridges, which is their life's demand, is only possible for Tuku. That is why the people of the Sadar constituency have united in favor of the rice sheaf, forgetting party affiliation.

Another thing that has been heard while talking at various tea stalls is that Farhad Iqbal is just calling himself a son of Sadar. But when questions are raised about his qualifications to become an MP, his face turns black. It is said that Farhad Iqbal's original family is from Chauhali in Sirajganj. Which is already a hot topic in Tangail Sadar.

Rice Sheaf Candidate Sultan Salahuddin Tuku sometimes calls teachers and students, sometimes imams and the elderly, sometimes children and teenagers, sometimes farmers and rickshaw pullers and pats their heads and backs. He gives up his own chair or place to sit. He goes to the field and listens directly to the problems of the people. Tuku's humble behavior in every public meeting and courtyard meeting fascinates the villagers. He speaks about the sorrows and sufferings of the people and the past of limitless misrule without hurting his opponent. Whoever becomes the MP of Tangail Sadar, he will sit in the ranks of the common people and listen, this is evident in Sultan Salahuddin Tuku. The people of Tangail Sadar have found the ideals of martyred President Ziaur Rahman and the values ​​and dreams of national leader Begum Khaleda Zia in Tuku.

The picture on the ground shows that many leaders and activists of independent candidate Advocate Farhad Iqbal have gradually moved away from him and started working for the party symbol, the rice sheaf candidate Sultan Salahuddin Tuku. Due to participating in the election outside the party's decision, Advocate Farhad Iqbal is not able to maintain the strong support of the organization. As a result, a large section of leaders and activists are taking a stand in favor of the rice sheaf, trusting in the party unity and symbol.

This raises the question - is going beyond the party's decision and becoming an independent candidate proving to be a wrong decision for Advocate Farhad Iqbal? There is widespread discussion and criticism about this issue in the political arena.

On the other hand, the leaders and activists are seeing this joining of the camp of the Paddy Sheesh candidate Sultan Salauddin Tuku as a positive thing. As the election approaches, the victory of Paddy Sheesh is becoming more certain for Tuku. Because the party is not an individual; the party is a collective force, in which the emotions of millions of leaders and activists are involved. It cannot be acceptable in any way to belittle that party for personal gain.

The people of Tangail Sadar will not make a mistake. This is the expectation of all BNP supporters that the voters will strengthen Tarique Rahman's hand by voting for Tuku on February 12.