Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has informally announced Mohammad Selim Uddin and Abu Sadiq Kayem as its mayoral candidates for the upcoming Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporation elections.

Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar disclosed the information while speaking to journalists after an event in the capital on Monday (September 14), in response to a question.

He said, “Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is an election-oriented political party. We have made organizational preparations for the local government elections. The process of finalizing candidates for union parishads, upazilas, municipalities and city corporations at the grassroots level is now at an advanced stage. In many places, we have already internally announced candidates.”

Mia Golam Parwar said, “Inshallah, we will also participate in the elections for the two Dhaka city corporations. We have organizationally nominated our candidates there as well. The candidates will be officially announced at the appropriate time. It has already been reported in the media that Selim Uddin has been selected for Dhaka North and Sadiq Kayem for Dhaka South.”

Mohammad Selim Uddin is a member of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Central Executive Council and serves as the party’s Dhaka North city unit ameer. Before joining Jamaat, he served as the central president of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, the party’s student wing.

In recent months, Selim Uddin has drawn attention in social and political circles through initiatives such as distributing environmentally friendly bags for waste management and launching the “Clean Dhaka” campaign to clean canals.

Meanwhile, Abu Sadiq Kayem, Jamaat’s potential mayoral candidate for Dhaka South, played a role as a coordinator during the 2024 student-led mass uprising. He was later elected vice president (VP) in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) election in September 2025.

Sadiq Kayem served as president of the Dhaka University unit of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir in 2024 and later served as the organization’s central international affairs secretary.

With Sadiq Kayem’s popularity among young people following the mass uprising, Jamaat-e-Islami is seeking to attract the support of young voters in the Dhaka South City Corporation election by projecting him as its candidate.