BNP urges president to initiate dialogue

BNP today urged President Abdul Hamid to take steps to initiate dialogue on the point of Khaleda Zia’s 13-point charter over forming a fresh Election Commission.

The party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the call in a press briefing held at BNP’s Nayapaltan headquarters in Dhaka this afternoon.

“We urge the president to take Begum Khaleda Zia’s proposals in concern and initiate dialogue to lift the country and its people from the prevailing crisis,” he said.

Earlier, the party forwarded a request to meet the president through the military secretary. But since there has been no response, Fakhrul said BNP will now write to the president in this regard.

The political stage in Bangladesh is abuzz with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s proposals for formation and empowering the Election Commission ahead of the next general polls.

The prevailing Election Commission, led by Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, is due for expiration in February next year. A new election commission will oversee the next general elections.

Ruling Awami League, however, has rejected Khaleda’s proposals.