Jamaat wants local govt polls under caretaker govt

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday proposed that both national and local government elections be held under a non-partisan caretaker government, reports UNB.

"Our proposal is that both national and local elections must take place under a caretaker government," Jamaat's Nayeb-e-Ameer Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher told reporters during the lunch break of the second round of talks with the National Consensus Commission.

Jamaat-e-Islami also proposed amending Article 70 of the Constitution to allow MPs to vote beyond their respective party lines except on issues related to finance bill, vote of no confidence and constitutional amendment.

But BNP, in its talks with the Commission, supported allowing MPs to vote beyond the party lines except the four matters that include the three matters and also issues of national importance.

When his attention was drawn on Jamaat's stance regarding Article 70, Taher said, "We've shared our views on the three proposed exceptions regarding Article 70."