BNP-led 20-party alliance leaders have assured BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia that the unity among the alliance members is strong and there is no room for confusion over the split of the alliance.
Khaleda has also denied the rumour that Liberal Democratic Party is going to dissolve and its leaders are returning to the BNP, said an alliance leader seeking anonymity.
The alliance members also reiterated that they want an election under a non-partisan interim government.
“We have discussed the country’s present political situation and the next course of action in details. The details of the meeting will be disclosed on Thursday at a press conference,” Kazi Zafar Ahmed, chairman of Jatiya Party (Zafar), told reporters yesterday after a meeting at Khaleda’s Gulshan office.
“The BNP chief will fly to London for treatment but the schedule is yet to be set.”
The BNP chief held the 20-party alliance meeting after nine months. The last meeting was held in November last year.
Mustafizur Rahman Iran, chairman of Labour Party, said, “We have fought three months for restoring democracy in the country. We sat together after long and our discussion was fruitful.”
The meeting also broadly discussed blogger killings and the government’s corruption in details.
Asking not to be named, a senior leader of the alliance told the Dhaka Tribune that Khaleda told the alliance leaders about her meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“She said she had urged Modi to develop ties with the people of Bangladesh, but not with the Awami league,” he said.