After four long months, BNP has again started discussions with all the like-minded political parties and alliances of the anti-government countries. On Sunday (May 13) afternoon, the party held a separate meeting with the liaison committee of the 12-party alliance and the LDP at the BNP Chairperson's political office in Gulshan.
In the meeting, the BNP leaders took the views of like-minded people on the ongoing movement and determining what to do in the coming days.
Sources of the meeting said that advice has been sought from like-minded people on what to do to overcome the ongoing political, social and economic crisis. BNP will be informed about the program that is realistic and acceptable to the people in the next meeting. Apart from this, there was a discussion about discouraging the people more in the upazila elections.
There are plans to hit the streets again with simultaneous and separate programs on various issues including border aggression. In the meeting, leaders of the 12-party alliance emphasized building more public opinion in favor of boycotting Indian products. A Liaison Committee meeting will be held on Monday (May 13) with several parties including the Nationalist Alliance.
Among the leaders of the BNP Liaison Committee, members of the party's standing committee Nazrul Islam Khan, Selima Rahman and vice chairman Md. Shah Jahan
Among the leaders of the 12-party alliance were – Jatiya Party (Kazi Zafar) Chairman Mustafa Jamal Haider, BLDP Secretary General Shahadat Hossain Salim, Bangladesh Jatiya Party Chairman Syed Ehsanul Huda, Jamiat Ulama Secretary General Mufti Ghulam Muhiuddin Ikram, Bangladesh Labor Party Chairman Farooq Rahman, Bangladesh Kalyan Party (Part) Chairman Shamsuddin Parvez, Islami Oikyajote Secretary General Maulana Abdul Karim, Jagpa General Secretary Iqbal Hossain Pradhan, Bangladesh Islamic Party Secretary General Abul Kashem and Bangladesh Kalyan Party Secretary General Abu Hanif etc.
On the other hand, among the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders, members of the presidium of the party Nurul Alam Talukder, Dr. Neyamul Bashir, Advocate Dr. Aurangzeb Belal, Principal KK Saqlain, Vice President Mahe Alam Chowdhury and others were present.
After the meeting, Syed Ehsanul Huda said that the Liaison Committee meeting was held for the first time after the national elections. The meeting discussed the transition from social, political and economic crisis. Hopefully, another phase of the movement will start very soon.