BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said they gave the Dr Muhammad Yunus-led Interim Government the necessary time for creating a conducive atmosphere to hold a national election.
“We have given this interim government the time required to create a proper environment for holding an election,” he said.
Mirza Fakhrul said this while talking to reporters after a meeting between the chief adviser and senior BNP leaders at the State Guest House, Jamuna, in the capital.
This is the first formal meeting between the head of the interim government and BNP leaders since the government’s formation on August 8.
The BNP secretary general, however, said they did not discuss the issue of the election at the meeting.
But they earlier said it will take time to create a proper environment for the election. “We’ve given them the time,” he said, adding that BNP did not mention any specific timeframe for the arrangement of the next generation election.
Mirza Fakhrul said his party is giving full support to all the activities of the current interim government.
BNP Standing Committee Members Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, Mirza Abbas, Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan, Salahuddin Ahmed, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Selima Rahman and Jamiruddin Sircar were also present.
As former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country after resigning in the face of a student-led mass movement, the interim government was formed under the leadership of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Fakhrul to attend rallies in Thakurgaon on Tuesday, meet Abu Sayed's family on Wednesday
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will attend rallies in his hometown Thakurgaon on Tuesday.
He will leave his Gulshan residence at 10am on Tuesday for Thakurgaon, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.
He will attend “unity and harmony rally” at Goreya Degree College ground at 3:30pm.
Later, Fakhrul will join another rally at Ruhia High School ground at 4pm, he added.
On Wednesday, Mirza Fakhrul will meet the family members of martyr Abu Sayed at 11am and later join a rally at Rangpur’s Pirganj.
