Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), returned to Bangladesh from London after a self-imposed exile. He delivered a speech emphasizing inclusion and inter-communal harmony, aiming to counter allegations against the BNP. Rahman invoked the party's historical ties to the 1971 Liberation War and his father, General Ziaur Rahman, to build his political narrative, signaling a potential challenge to the ruling Awami League's legacy-based politics.