Tarique Rahman, the chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party has said that his party will not hold a victory rally as he appears poised for a historic victory in the crucial election of 2026. Mr. Rahman won two seats — Dhaka-17 and Bogura-6 constituencies making a striking political debut in Bangladesh’s history. Mr. Rahman’s world is set to change and it has taken barely two months for that to happen. He stepped out of the wood paneled VVIP arrival lounge of the Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport on December 25 2025, and took to the little grassy patch next to the car park and took off his shoes and stepped on the ground.
It was a sign that he had now reconnected with the land of his birth and had finally got himself the political launch that he was denied when Bangladesh spiraled into political uncertainty in late 2006 which prevented him from contesting his first parliamentary election. In the speech delivered after returning from London, he struck an inclusive tone calling for inter-communal and inter-ethnic harmony in Bangladesh and with an eye to his political enemies, got down to dismantling some of the allegations that BNP’s opponents, especially the deposed Awami League had leveled against the party.
