BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed today said his party plans to initiate a movement aimed at guiding the interim government and paving the way for an elected political government

The BNP acting chairman stresses on discipline and grassroots engagement

While the BNP has been pressing for national elections for months, it has avoided conflicts with student leaders and the interim government.

If the interim government fails to be neutral, it cannot hold the election, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday. Then a neutral government would be needed, he said. 

If voted to power, the BNP would form a government of national unity and ensure representation from the parties that would participate in the polls and those who protested against the last autocratic regime, said the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.

The meeting, scheduled at the Foreign Service Academy for 4pm, aims to finalise the 'July Declaration' through consensus.

The BNP yesterday demanded that the interim government arrange the next national election by August this year in the country’s best interest.

The BNP wants the national election by the middle of this year and local government polls afterwards.

BNP will not form a unilateral government even if the party wins 200 seats in the next parliamentary election, said BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday.

The video of his statement quickly went viral on social media. The video was reportedly removed last night

The BNP and its like-minded parties have firmly opposed plans to hold local government elections before the national polls.

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The BNP yesterday demanded public disclosure of all the power and energy sector agreements made by the ousted Awami League government.

Unresolved issues, including delays in declaring a polls roadmap and resolving politically motivated cases, are creating a distance between the BNP and the interim government.

It is often said that patience pays off. For BNP, 2024 is the year its 17 years of perseverance started showing signs of bearing fruit.

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Fakhrul also added that there is no place in the BNP for those who were involved in massacre, corruption and terror activity

Leaders of the 12-party alliance, who previously organised joint movements with the BNP against the former Awami League government, have expressed support for the BNP’s position on holding the next parliamentary elections by 2025.

Whatever the differing stances of various political parties may be, people in general would prefer to exercise their franchise.