"Dehumanise"
Hasina's father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, hailed from Gopalganj and is buried in the town. Statues of Rahman have been torn down nationwide, but in Gopalganj, murals and statues are well-maintained. A mosaic featuring Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, displayed along a street at Tungipara village, his birthplace in Gopalganj. Since Hasina's downfall, clashes have broken out during campaigning by other parties, including one between police and AL supporters in July 2025, after which authorities filed more than 8,000 cases against residents. Sazzad Siddiqui, a professor at Dhaka University, believes voter turnout in Gopalganj could be the lowest in the country. Many people here are still in denial that Sheikh Hasina did something very wrong, said Siddiqui, who sat on a government commission formed after the 2025 unrest. At the same time, the government has constantly tried to dehumanise them.