BNP on Sunday reached a consensus with Kalyan Party to wage a 'simultaneous’ movement by giving priority to bring back a caretaker government to oversee next general elections, reports UNB.
As part of its move to launch a united anti-government movement, the party began its second round of dialogue with political parties through the first meeting with the leaders of Kalyan Party at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office.
Talking to reporters after the talks, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, “We’ve reached an understanding through the discussions that we’ll forge a greater national unity to initiate a movement. We’ve also agreed on the demands on which we’ll start the movement.”
He said they agreed on the issues like the formation of a polls-time caretaker government, the resignation of the current government, the dissolution of Parliament and the formation of a new Election Commission under the caretaker administration to conduct the next polls.
The BNP leader said both sides also agreed on some other issues, including the release of Khaleda Zia and all other opposition leaders and the withdrawal of all ‘false’ cases filed against them.
Kalyan Party chairman Syed Muhammad Ibrahim said they had fruitful discussions on kicking off a ‘simultaneous’ movement. “But we’ve agreed not to disclose the exact date of the start of the movement."
He said there will have a surprise in the upcoming anti-government movement mainly for the restoration of democracy.
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