BNP secretary-general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan on Saturday criticized Bangladesh Awami League (BAL) for imposing preconditions for holding the dialogue on electoral reforms.
April 9, 2006 (Press Release) --
BNP secretary-general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan on Saturday criticized Bangladesh Awami League (BAL) for imposing preconditions for holding the dialogue on electoral reforms.
‘The dialogue can hardly begin if a series of preconditions are inflicted on us,’ he said while addressing a function held at his official residence.
He, however, called upon the opposition to join the dialogue with an open mind.
‘Join the dialogue with an open mind if you really want to hold a meaningful one,’ he said.
The ruling party stalwart made the remarks after 48 hours of receiving a letter from rival Awami League’s general secretary, Abdul Jalil.
Jalil on Thursday, in a letter to Bhuiyan, expressed the desire to hold a bipartisan talk, excluding the Jamaat-e-Islami, a key ally of BNP.
‘It is unfair to expect that we will agree with everything (pre-conditions and proposals),’ Mannan Bhuiyan said. ‘In fact they (AL) do not want to really participate in the dialogue.’
The function was organised to welcome about 200 former AL leaders of Mannan Bhuiyan’s constituency in Shibpur in Narsingdi district who have joined the BNP.
Bhuiyan, also convener of the ministerial-level committee on law and order, criticised Awami League for the latter’s ‘conflicting’ stance and statements on the Islamist militant issue.
‘They (BAL) do not want the militants to be wiped out,’ he said.
‘Awami League wants to see that the government is in trouble because of militant issues,’ he added.
The LGRD minister, however, sought cooperation from the opposition to continue development activities and check the price spiral of essential commodities.
In parliamentary democracy, cooperation between the ruling and opposition parties is a must, he added.
Listing the development activities of the government in education, communications, law and order and health sectors, the minister said that continuation of BNP’s rule will be helpful to carry on development of the country.
Among the former Awami League leaders who joined in BNP, Jasimuddin Bhuiyan, Shamim Bhuiyan and Anwara Begum spoke at the function.
‘The dialogue can hardly begin if a series of preconditions are inflicted on us,’ he said while addressing a function held at his official residence.
He, however, called upon the opposition to join the dialogue with an open mind.
‘Join the dialogue with an open mind if you really want to hold a meaningful one,’ he said.
The ruling party stalwart made the remarks after 48 hours of receiving a letter from rival Awami League’s general secretary, Abdul Jalil.
Jalil on Thursday, in a letter to Bhuiyan, expressed the desire to hold a bipartisan talk, excluding the Jamaat-e-Islami, a key ally of BNP.
‘It is unfair to expect that we will agree with everything (pre-conditions and proposals),’ Mannan Bhuiyan said. ‘In fact they (AL) do not want to really participate in the dialogue.’
The function was organised to welcome about 200 former AL leaders of Mannan Bhuiyan’s constituency in Shibpur in Narsingdi district who have joined the BNP.
Bhuiyan, also convener of the ministerial-level committee on law and order, criticised Awami League for the latter’s ‘conflicting’ stance and statements on the Islamist militant issue.
‘They (BAL) do not want the militants to be wiped out,’ he said.
‘Awami League wants to see that the government is in trouble because of militant issues,’ he added.
The LGRD minister, however, sought cooperation from the opposition to continue development activities and check the price spiral of essential commodities.
In parliamentary democracy, cooperation between the ruling and opposition parties is a must, he added.
Listing the development activities of the government in education, communications, law and order and health sectors, the minister said that continuation of BNP’s rule will be helpful to carry on development of the country.
Among the former Awami League leaders who joined in BNP, Jasimuddin Bhuiyan, Shamim Bhuiyan and Anwara Begum spoke at the function.
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