Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is in agreement with the national unity proposed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for the country鈥檚 sake, Jaamat amir Shafiqur Rahman has said.
The Jamaat amir鈥檚 remarks came on Thursday after a meeting with chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus at his official residence Jamuna in Dhaka city.
The law and order situation was also discussed at the meeting.
鈥楾he recent issues of the country were discussed. We have agreed that the country should be taken forward with all the people coming together,鈥� he added.
Those involved in acts harming the country鈥檚 interest must be brought to justice, he said, stressing national unity for thwarting those doing harm to the country.
鈥業rrespective of the party caste, there will be differences but we appeal to the countrymen that everyone should agree for the sake of the nation,鈥� he added.
Earlier on Wednesday, the BNP urged about forging national unity.聽
BNP and Jamaat leaders separately held meetings with the chief adviser amid various groups rallying in Dhaka and elsewhere, protesting at the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif on the Chattogram court premises on Tuesday as law enforcers and followers of a Hindu religious leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari clashed while he was being taken to jail in a sedition case.
The Jamaat chief said that he spoke to the chief adviser about the country鈥檚 current situation.
鈥榃e talked about how the country can proceed towards elections in a peaceful and orderly way,鈥� he said.
He said that there was no discussion about the election on Thursday.
鈥楤ut we have said that earlier. We have already demanded elections soon after minimum reforms are completed,鈥� he added.
Regarding Jamaat鈥檚 stand on banning International Society for Krishna Consciousness, widely known as ISKCON, he said that not only ISKCON, steps must be taken against all those that take a stand against the national interest.
