18 crore people were the mastermind of July Uprising: Jamaat ameer
This news article from The Daily Star (dated August 5, 2026) reports on a statement made by Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman in the Bangladesh parliament regarding the July Uprising. Responding to a government minister who quoted his earlier description of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman as the uprising's "main hero," Shafiqur clarified that his position had changed after August 5, 2024, and that no single individual should be credited as the mastermind. He declared that "the 18 crore people of Bangladesh" were collectively the driving force behind the movement, also noting that he had previously objected when former chief adviser Muhammad Yunus attributed the uprising's leadership to one person.
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The Daily Star. "18 crore people were the mastermind of July Uprising: Jamaat ameer." The Daily Star, 2026. July Archive. https://julyarchive.org/sources/18-crore-people-were-the-mastermind-of-july-uprising-jamaat--9b32ce10.
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