Twelve Islamist parties have extended their support to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina so she could return to power.
“The Islamic parties have categorically said they will extend all-out cooperation so that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina could come back to power,” Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader told reporters emerging from a dialogue between the 14-party alliance and the 12 Islamist parties at Ganabhaban on Tuesday evening, reports BSS.
Quader said the leaders of the 12 prominent Islamist parties extended this support in the dialogue and the talks continued for nearly two hours.
A delegation of Islamist parties and coalitions held a dialogue with Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, and leaders of the ruling alliance. The dialogue kicked-off at 2:45pm after the 52-member delegation entered the prime minister’s official residence Ganabhaban at 1:30pm.
“Every party has expressed its own opinion and raised some demands. But they clearly expressed their common views on upholding the spirit of the Liberation War and ideology of independence,” Quader told reporters outside Ganabhaban after the dialogue.
He said there was no disagreement on any issue during the dialogue between the two sides. He, however, said Khelafat Andolan demanded renaming a road in Dhaka after their late leader “Maulana Hafezzi Hujur.”
Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said all leaders of the Islamist parties have extended their support to holding the election as per constitution.
He said they will be a partner of the election, along with extending their support.
Quader said leaders of the Islamist parties highly appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the way she ran the country for the last 10 years.
He said their party will start distribution of nomination forms on Friday ahead of the 11th national election.
“The forms will be distributed from the Awami League president’s Dhanmondi office from Friday and it will continue until further directives,” he said.
Replying to a question about the outcome of the dialogue, Quader said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will talk in detail about its outcome and inform her decisions in this regard through a press conference on November 8.
The parties included Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ), Bangladesh Khelafat Andolan, Bangladesh Muslim League, Bangladesh Jalali Party, Ashekine Awalia Oikya Parishad Bangladesh, Zaker Party, Bangladesh Jatiya Islami Jote (BNIA), Bangladesh Sammilito Islami Jote and Islamic Democratic Alliance.