Dhaka, Jan. 23 -- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has given assurances that Dinajpur will be converted into a city corporation if his party gets the opportunity to form a government.

He said, "For a larger district, city corporations have become district headquarters in many places. Do you have a city corporation? No. Why?

"Are you a stepbrother to Bangladesh? People do not want to give their stepbrother his property, do not want to give him his rights. We will end this discrimination, In Sha Allah."

Shafiqur made the remarks at an election rally organised by the 10-Party Unity Alliance at Gor-e-Shaheed Maidan in Dinajpur city after Jummah prayers on Friday.

He said, "If, through your love and support, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami...