Nothing new in PM speech: BNP

No outline about head of interim govt, it says

 

Opposition BNP on Friday night said there is nothing new in the Prime Minister’s address to the nation calling for an all-party polls-time government with the participation of all political parties.

 

“In the Prime Minister’s speech, there’s no outline about the head of the polls-time interim government. Such proposal she had floated earlier in London,” BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told a press briefing at party chairperson’s Gulshan office.

 

He said, “All the opposition parties, including BNP and the people of Bangladesh, have been demanding that the next parliamentary elections be held under a non-party government. This issue (non-party interim govt) is very important for the nation, people and democracy.”

 

Fakhrul said Prime Minister’s speech will be scrutinised in details in the party and alliance forums, and then BNP will come up with its formal reaction and stance.

 

Asked whether they were rejecting the Prime Minister’s speech, the BNP spokesperson said, “What I’ve said is our instant reaction. We aren’t saying anything in details right now.”

 

About BNP’s ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s official reaction, Fakhrul said, “It would be their own stance. We’ll give our reaction after discussions with the alliance partners.”

 

Earlier, BNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam said they would express their reaction to the Prime Minister’s speech after the party’s standing committee meeting scheduled to be held on Saturday.

 

However, several top BNP leaders said the main opposition would not join any polls under any interim government to be headed by Sheikh Hasina.

Source: UNB Connect