Abdul Qadir Mirza is campaigning for Shahadat's rival candidate Ghulam Sharif Chowdhury in the upazila election.
Shahadat claims that Abdul Qadir Mirza used Ghulam Sharif to file appeals in the Supreme Court and the High Court to disqualify Shahadat from the election.
Shahadat Hossain said, “They announced that their candidate was from the Awami League. But no Awami League candidate has been fielded anywhere in Bangladesh. I have supported them since my birth. But they never helped me in any way. I feel that being born in this family was a mistake. If I had realised it then, I would have asked them to kill me by poisoning me.”
“These two claim to be brothers. We are not brothers. We are jackals, dogs. We are not brothers, we are a disgrace to the family. Where do I seek justice? The administration is against me. They torture my people day and night. If any of my people walks on the road, they catch him and say there are charges against him. Here even Awami League people are tortured by accusing them of being BNP-Jamaat,” Shahadat said, indirectly referring to his elder brothers Obaidul Quader and Abdul Quader Mirza.