Jamaat holds meeting with CA at Jamuna as tensions cool down
Staff Correspondent
After BNP, a delegation of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami held talks with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Saturday evening to discuss issues related to the next national election and reforms.
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman and Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher joined the meeting held at the Chief Adviser’s official residence state guesthouse Jamuna.
Speaking after the meeting, the Jamaat ameer said they hoped a ‘meaningful election with a level playing field’ would be held.
National Consensus Commission Vice-chairman Professor Ali Riaz and Adviser Asif Mahmud were also present at the meeting to accompany the Chief Adviser.
Earlier, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demanded a specific election roadmap to hold the national election by December this year, stressing that they discussed three specific issues - reform efforts, justice process and election.
BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain briefed reporters after their meeting with the Chief Adviser at the same venue.
A four-member BNP delegation joined the meeting with Chief Adviser Prof Yunus as part of efforts to defuse mounting political tension in the country.
The other members of the delegation included Standing Committee Members Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and Salahuddin Ahmed.
