AL urges EC to take early decision on dialogue with BNP

FE Team | Published: February 20, 2008 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

Awami League (AL) Tuesday urged the Election Commission to take an early decision on dialogue with BNP without wasting time, reports UNB.
"EC should take immediate decision about dialogue with BNP. Failure will generate doubt in the minds of the people about holding polls," AL presidium member Tofail Ahmed told reporters after meeting Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD).
Acting AL president Zillur Rahman presided over the meeting at his Gulshan residence.
Al presidium members Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Amir Hossain Amu, Motia Chowdhury, Kazi Zafarullah, acting general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam and joint general secretary Abdul Mannan Khan of AL and Syed Jafar Sazzad, Mainuddin Khan Badal, Shirin Akter and Sharif Nurul Ambia of JSD were present at the meeting.
The meeting decided to raise identical proposals based on 31-point charter of electoral reform at proposed dialogue with the government.
Tofail said exclusion of BNP from dialogue with EC is not desirable by the people. EC could not decide if and when it will meet BNP. The nation would not wait for long, he said, and urged EC to hold dialogue with BNP without wasting time.
Expressing deep concern at the failing health of party president Sheikh Hasina in jail the AL leader urged the government for her immediate treatment in accordance with advice of her physicians.
He also called for initiating dialogue between the political parties and government to remove doubts about the election.
JSD president Hasanul Huq Inu said national consensus government could be formed for a limited time based on their 23-point demand after the election.
He stressed the urgency for unity of progressive, democratic and pro-liberation forces.