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Opposition Leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has rejected the idea that any single individual was the “mastermind” behind the July uprising.

“We do not believe there was any single mastermind behind this movement,” Shafiqur said during an unscheduled discussion at the House.

Earlier, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Rashiduzzaman Millat praised Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s leadership in addressing the budget deficit and quoted Shafiqur’s earlier remarks, saying the opposition leader had described Tarique as the “main hero” of the mass uprising.

Shafiqur then rose to clarify his position.

“Thank you to Mr Rashiduzzaman Millat for quoting my statement. “I

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