Awami League leader Obaidul Quader says Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad’s announcement to form a new alliance is not his “last word.”
“We have to wait more to hear the last word from Ershad,” Quader said on Friday when asked about whether Jatiya Party would be in the Awami-League led Grand Alliance.
Ershad, chief of one of the key allies of the ruling Grand Alliance, had said on Thursday they would soon announce a new alliance with Bikalpadhara Bangladesh, Krishak-Sramik Janata League and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal.
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He said they would also make clear whether his party would quit the Grand Alliance.
The former military dictator had earlier also made conflicting remarks on whether his party would continue in the Grand Alliance.
On several occasions Ershad had talked about contesting the national polls alone though he reportedly continued talks with both the ruling Awami League and the Opposition BNP.
He hinted formation of a new alliance at a time when the government has started the process of forming an all-party interim cabinet as proposed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
On the probable names of the ministers in the all-party government or who of the incumbent ministers will remain in the reconstituted cabinet, Quader said, “Politics is like a game of chess. It cannot be said who will stay as ministers and who will not.”
The Awami League Presidium Member said the ‘rainbow in the country’s political horizon will be sighted within a few days.
Earlier the Communications Minister visited the construction work of the expansion of a road in the Dhaka Cantonment area.
Source: Bd news24
