The standing committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party held a meeting on Wednesday and discussed continuing its efforts to reach consensus on as many reform-related issues as possible and reconcile differing opinions so that the national election could be held as soon as possible.
The standing committee, the highest policy-making forum of the BNP, discussed this in a meeting at the party鈥檚 Gulshan office.
The meeting also discussed the continuous influx of new issues during the all-party meetings with the National Consensus Commission and expressed concern that, if this trend continued, the reform process could become unnecessarily prolonged.
The party standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed briefed the meeting on the progress of the meetings with the consensus commission.
The party acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, chaired the meeting virtually.
The committee members initially discussed continuing efforts to reach consensus on as many reform-related issues as possible, noting that the party had already largely agreed on eight fundamental points and that four other points were close to agreement.
Citing the trend of a continuous influx of new reform issues, the meeting anticipated that five additional points might emerge in the coming meetings, which could prolong the reform process.
One of the standing committee members told 抖阴精品 that the BNP wanted to continue its efforts to reach consensus on as many issues as possible to avoid unnecessary delays in holding the next national election.
He said that Wednesday鈥檚 meeting was adjourned without any specific decisions on the reform issues and that the discussions would continue on Thursday.
A statement issued on Thursday by the BNP on its standing committee meeting said that the meeting observed the attack on the National Citizen Party rally in Gopalganj was deliberately orchestrated by fascist Awami League cadres and supporters as part of a broader attempt to disrupt the democratic process.
Condemning the attack, the statement said that the supporters of the fallen fascist Hasina regime had planned the assault on the rally of the NCP, a party launched early this year by the leaders who played a significant role in the anti-fascist movement.
The standing committee also discussed the need for political parties to set their programmes carefully, as any misstep could provide an opportunity for anti-democratic forces.
The meeting also discussed concerns that a vested quarter was attempting to sabotage the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for February, warning that a concerted effort was underway to destabilise law and order.
The standing committee also addressed the recent undignified and obscene remarks made by political opponents in connection with the Midford murder case.
It criticized the attempts to unjustly link BNP to the incident and denounced personal attacks on late president Ziaur Rahman, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
The party warned that such rhetoric was damaging the political environment and could derail the democratic process ahead of the upcoming national election.
It urged all political parties to exercise restraint and uphold mutual respect to preserve the integrity of democratic discourse.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Selima Rahman, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed and AZM Zahid Hossain attended the meeting.
