Younger political leaders on Saturday said that holding the next Jatiya Sangsad elections in early February, as declared by the interim government, could end the country鈥檚 political crisis.
Younger leaders of different political parties of the country at a dialogue in Dhaka said that the country was facing a political crisis created due to the role of the National Consensus Commission.
The Centre for Governance Studies, in collaboration with non-profit organisation Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Bangladesh, organised the dialogue at a city hotel with its president Zillur Rahman in the chair.
The rising leaders represented a few political parties at the dialogue.
The parties included the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Communist Party of Bangladesh, the Amar Bangladesh Party, the Gono Odhikar Parishad, and the National Citizen Party.
FES Bangladesh resident representative Felix Grades took part in the dialogue, also attended by some leaders of different student organisations.
Former MP and the BNP chair鈥檚 adviser Zahir Uddin聽 Swapon said that the National Consensus Commission had created uncertainties in holding the next JS elections in February due to its failures.
He called on the interim government to arrange the next general polls in early February to resolve the ongoing political crisis.
Communist Party of Bangladesh president Kazi聽 Sazzad Zahir Chandan alleged that the consensus commission had failed to create consensus among the political parties.
鈥榃e are against creating any controversies and negligence about the Liberation War in 1971,鈥� Sazzad Zahir said.聽聽聽聽
AB Party chair Mojibur Rahman Monju said that the political parties should keep upholding national unity, saying that the present political crisis could be resolved through discussions.
Gono Odhikar Parishad president Nurul Haque Nur said that the youths should come forward to resolve the current political crisis the country was going through.
There was no alternative to holding the next JS polls early in a free, fair, and credible manner to save the country, said Nur.
NCP central leader Tasnim Jara said that the interim government had failed to implement the spirit of the July uprsing.
CGS executive director Parvez Karim Abbasi said that their organisation was working to bring about positive qualitative changes in the politics of the country.
The Centre for Governance Studies, in collaboration with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, organised the event as part of the workshops with the younger political leaders of the country.
CGS president Zillur Rahman said that young participants in the workshops would gather knowledge and could use that for creating a healthy political culture in the country.聽聽聽聽
