Addressing Jamaat-e-Islami, BNP Chairperson’s Adviser Zainul Abedin Faruk said, “Going to villages, visiting mosques, and misleading women in homes by selling tickets to paradise cannot win the support of the people.”He emphasized that to gain public support, the opportunity to reconnect with citizens after 55 years must be used sincerely. “When you go to the people, they will ask—what did you do in 1971? Instead of avoiding this question, past mistakes should be acknowledged,” he said.

Faruk made these remarks on Monday, 24 November, at a discussion organized by the Bangladesh Nationalist Motor Drivers’ Party at Abdus Salam Hall of the National Press Club.

He recalled the atrocities of the liberation war era, saying,
"Those who snatched children from mothers’ arms and shot them, who beat our fathers while we fought in the liberation war, who forced people to walk 14–15 kilometers under rickshaws—those memories still remain. I do not want to cause pain by recalling old history. But I urge people to understand their mistakes and refrain from making misleading statements."

Faruk also addressed the upcoming election, noting that Dr. Yunus Government has announced a date in the first half of February. He said,
"We have hope and confidence that a free and fair election will take place. However, immediately after the announcement, some parties have started raising various demands. Whether these are justified or not will be judged by the people. Recently, I heard suggestions like conducting the election by a peer system or holding a referendum first. Attempts are being made to obstruct the election using various excuses."The discussion, chaired by Salim Reza Babu, president of the organizing party, was attended by leaders including M. A. Faisal, vice president of the Farmers’ Party, and Ismail Hossain Siraji from the Fishermen’s Party, along with other party activists.