Staff Reporter:
Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday started views exchange with political parties, including all Islamic parties, at the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka.
Leaders of six Islamic parties-Khelafat Majlish, Nizam-e-Islam, Hefazat-e-Islam, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish , Khelafat Andolon and Jamiat Ulama-e Islam- entered Jamuna at 3 pm on Saturday.
After the end of views exchange with the leaders of the six parties, the leaders of Islami Andolon entered and started talks with the Chief Adviser at 4 pm.
The discussions continued until 8 pm, and later Jatiya Party entered to participate in dialogue with the Chief Adviser, which was continued till 9.30 pm, according to Chief Adviser’s Press Wing
During the discussions, the political parties are expected to present their proposals and views on the country’s current situation, the reform of the administration and the election commission, and the next general election.
Environment and Forest Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan indicated that they will persist with the dialogue process with political parties and accept the reform proposals that emerge from these discussions.
Following the fall of the Awami League government on August 5 due to a student-led mass uprising, the advisory council led by Dr Muhammad Yunus took the responsibility of the interim government on Au-gust 8.
Although major political party BNP welcomed the interim government, its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been calling since August 24 for the government to engage in talks with po-litical parties regarding the election issue.
A delegation led by Mirza Fakhrul met with the Chief Adviser on Thursday.
After the meeting, BNP Secretary General Mirza told reporters that the Chief Adviser will exchange views with the political parties in phases.
Earlier on August 12, senior leaders of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, CPB led by Shah Alam, Gonotantra Man-cha, BJP, Islami Andolan Bangladesh, AB Party, Gono Odhikar Parishad, Democratic Left Alliance and NDM held separate meetings with the Chief Adviser and extended their full support to the interim gov-ernment.
As of filing this report on Saturday afternoon, the Chief Adviser’s office had not disclosed how many political parties have been invited to join the exchange of views.
However, some political parties have confirmed that they have been invited to the Chief Adviser’s office for an exchange of views.
Subsequently, the Chief Adviser will hold discussions with delegations from Gonoforum, LDP, Jatiya Party, Jatiyatabadi Samomana Dal, the 12-party alliance, and Bangladesh JSD.
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