Bikalpadhara Bangladesh has urged BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to place a proposal to the government for holding a free, fair and inclusive election immediately.
“The government formed through the January 5 election is illegal. We have told Khaleda Zia to place a proposal to the government to hold election immediately,” Abdul Mannan, the Bikalpadhara secretary general, told journalists last night.
He also said they would not join the BNP-led 19-party alliance but work together regarding the poll.
Party President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury held a meeting with the BNP chief at her Gulshan office last night when the proposal was made.
Mahi B Chowdhury, joint secretary general of Bikalpadhara, told the Dhaka Tribune: “We proposed the BNP chairperson to initiate a dialogue process. We requested her to call for a national consensus involving Dr Kamal Hossain, Kader Siddiqui, left-leaning political parties and if needed, you [Khaleda] go to Bangabhaban. I think Madam [Khaleda] has taken the proposal positively.”
BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told journalists that they decided to work together to oust the government. “We have repeatedly been talking about dialogue. We want a free election immediately. Both the parties have agreed that this government is illegal.”
