The ruling Awami League has invited the BNP to its 22nd national council at the Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.
Three members of the BNP Standing Committee – Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Abdul Moyeen Khan and Nazrul Islam Khan – were invited to join the council session on Saturday.
A delegation led by Awami League Deputy Office Secretary Abu Sayem went to the BNP central office at Naya Paltan on Friday and invited them to join the event.
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"All our leaders are in jail now. How can they join the council?" BNP Organising Secretary Syed Emran Saleh Prince, who is acting office secretary of the party, told the AL delegation after accepting the invitation.
Sayem said, "This [imprisonment] is related to the government. We are here from the party. I hope a delegation [from your party] will attend the council."
Prince said that they will decide on joining the event after discussions with the party's high command.
