Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Tuesday said his party would reopen closed mills and factories and establish new industries if it comes to power with people's mandate.
"By the will of Allah and people, if Jamaat is entrusted with state power, closed industries will be reopened alongside the establishment of new factories," he said while addressing a rally at the Circuit House ground in Khulna, reports UNB.
Expressing concerns over the decline of Khulna's industrial and agricultural sectors, the Jamaat Ameer said a number of factories had been shut down due to wrong policies and widespread looting by previous governments.
Talking about the youth of the country, the Jamaat chief said his party does not want to insult the youth by offering unemployment allowances.
"Jamaat wants to put work into their hands, not allowances, and through employment we want to restore the dignity of the youth. I want to repay, even if only a little, the debt for their contribution to the July uprising," he said.
The rally began around 2:00pm, and several thousand leaders and workers of Jamaat-e-Islami gathered at the Circuit House Ground ahead of the scheduled time.
The Jamaat Ameer also expressed deep concern over incidents of violence and clashes in different parts of the country centering elections.