Ershad now speaks of caretaker

Volte-face Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad now says he may participate in an election under a caretaker government.

The statement was made out of the blue at his Baridhara residence on Monday after his latest proposal to defer the January 5 elections.

“For the sake of a fair election, I may participate even under a caretaker system,” he said.

Main opposition BNP has been waging movement for holding elections under a caretaker government.

The Jatiya Party had joined the interim cabinet that was formed to oversee the upcoming polls.

Six ministers of the 29-member polls-time cabinet are from Jatiya Party who took oaths on November 21.

However, the Jatiya Party ministers of the polls-time cabinet have sent their resignation letters to the prime minister by courier on Sunday [December 8].

On December 3, HM Ershad declared his party would not participate in the upcoming elections without participations of all political parties.