BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday said the chief adviser's (CA) letter sent to the Election Commission (EC) was the most important step taken by the interim government in a year.
The nation was waiting this, he said.
Earlier in the day, the Election Commission said it had received a letter from Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on holding the next national election in February 2026.
The BNP would adopt the vision of the chief adviser to move the nation forward in the future as well, said Salahuddin while exchanging views with journalists at his residence in the capital's Gulshan.
Calling the BNP a pro-Bangladesh or centrist party, he said despite ideological differences among the parties, the BNP is working on creating an environment where everyone can sit together when it comes to matters of national interests.
For this, all means are being discussed, he said.
Mentioning that the parliament is the right place to give any consensus a legal shape, Salahuddin said they are, however, ready to discuss with the interim administration and political stakeholders to find a way to give the July Declaration a legal status.
He said an alliance can be formed with any like-minded political party until the election schedule is announced.
However, no decision has been made on the alliance yet, said the BNP leader.
Stating that he had higher expectations from the government, Salahuddin said what it has achieved despite various obstacles was perhaps not possible.
However, the nation's hopes were even higher, he said.
"The interim government had to deal with the bureaucracy of the ousted government, a broken economy, and the financial sector. Therefore, we can expect more, but it was impossible to do more," he added.
Expecting that laws and regulations would be formulated quickly to hold the elections, the senior BNP leader said the elected government would make constitutional reforms related to elections.
Besides, there is no scope for changing the structure of the police force overnight, and they will have to be involved in holding the elections. However, the army will play a key role, he added.
BNP regrets sufferings caused by its rally
The BNP on Thursday expressed regret over the traffic jams and sufferings caused by its "Bijoy rally" held in the capital on Wednesday to mark the July mass uprising's first anniversary.
In a statement sent to the media, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the BNP sincerely regrets the unnecessary sufferings that the people of Dhaka faced due to the rally.
The rally started from the BNP central office in Nayapaltan. Thousands of leaders and activists of the party and its affiliates participated in the event.
This led to severe traffic jams on various roads.
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman virtually addressed a pre-rally event in Nayapaltan as the chief guest.
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