Bangladesh’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is facing an unusual wave of online trolling as social media users mockingly called him an “engineer" for allegedly “engineering" his party’s sweeping election victory.
The sarcastic label took off after opposition leaders and their supporters questioned the credibility of the February 12 parliamentary elections which saw Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secure 209 out of 297 seats, marking a decisive political shift after a prolonged period of instability.
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How Tarique Rahman’s ‘Engineer’ Label Started
The nickname appears to have originated with National Citizens Party leader Nasiruddin Patwary, who posted a congratulatory message on Facebook laced with sarcasm.
“Congratulations! Engineer Tarique Rahman. Congratulations on your success in the 13th batch of National Election Engineering," Patwary wrote on February 14. The post quickly went viral, drawing hundreds of thousands of reactions and spawning a flood of memes, jokes and AI-generated images depicting Tarique Rahman wearing construction helmets and safety vests.
Soon, social media users joined in.
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One Facebook user wrote, “London theke engineer pass," or “Engineer passed from London," a jab at Tarique Rahman’s 17-year exile in the UK. Another commented, “The man who became an engineer without educational qualifications."
According to his election affidavit, Tarique Rahman’s formal education ended at the Higher Secondary Certificate level, equivalent to completing Class 12.
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