Mufti Amanul Haque, spokesperson for the top leaders of Ijtema's first phase, has urged the media to refer to them as alem e Shura, instead of followers of Maulana Zubair Ahmad.
He made this request in a press briefing on Friday afternoon.
Amanul Haque said: "We have been conducting Ijtema separately due to disagreements on various issues of Sharia with the Saad scholars. Saad Kandhlawi took a unilateral decision without consulting the Shura members."
"We make decisions according to the opinions of Shura members, not Zubair," he added.
Gazipur District Commissioner Abul Fateh Mohammad Shafiqul Islam said: “The government and the local administration are working relentlessly to complete the two phases of Ijtema successfully.”
However, the government wants the two groups to unite and organize Ijtema together, he added.