No unity with BNP unless it cuts ties with Jamaat: BDB

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) on Tuesday demanded that BNP should not be included in the national unity process if it does not remove Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from the 20-party alliance, reports UNB.

BDB Joint Secretary General Mahi B Chowdhury made the demand while talking to reporters after a joint meeting of BDB and its associate bodies.

"We want to forge the national unity with BNP as it's a party founded by one of the great freedom fighters - Ziaur Rahman. But we have objection to including BNP in the national unity process if it keeps any anti-Liberation party or individual in its alliance," he said.

Mahi said they urged the leaders of Jukta Front and Jatiya Oikya Prokriya not to include BNP in the national unity process until it severs ties with the anti-Liberation party and individuals.