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However, he [Millat] did not mention the timing correctly. That statement was made in April 2024. The situation changed on August 5,” he said.

Urging that credit for the uprising should not be attributed to any single person or leadership, he said, “Those under whose leadership the uprising succeeded deserve our respect and appreciation. We must preserve their rightful place.”

Referring to a comment made by former chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, Shafiqur said, “Dr Yunus, while in the United States, described one person as the mastermind. I was the first to object and said that we do not recognise any single mastermind behind this movement.”

“I want to give credit to our young people. The mastermind of this uprising is the 18 crore people of Bangladesh,” the Jamaat ameer said.