BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today spoke at after joining a meeting with the National Consensus Commission at the Foreign Service Academy auditorium. Photo BSS

DHAKA, Feb 15, 2025 (BSS) - BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today hoped that national elections will be held soon on the basis of consensus on reforms after joining a meeting with the National Consensus Commission at the Foreign Service Academy auditorium here.

Representatives of 26 political parties, including BNP and Jamaat, participated in the meeting with Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus in the chair.

"We hope a minimum consensus will be reached on this reform very soon and national elections will be held quickly based on the consensus," he told reporters in front of Jamuna.

Fakhrul said Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus in the meeting informed the political parties that each of the reports submitted by the reform commissions will be discussed with political parties and an attempt will be made to reach a consensus.

When asked about the national election or local government elections, Mirza Fakhrul said, "We have clearly said that the national elections must be held first. Then the local government elections will be held."

In response to another question, he said, "Today, only preliminary discussions were held. It can be said that the discussion was introductory. Different political parties said different things, which were their own opinions."

Mirza Fakhrul led a six-member delegation of BNP joined the meeting. The delegation members were Barrister Zamir Uddin Sircar, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan, Salahuddin Ahmed and major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed.

Besides, the meeting was attended by leaders of various political parties including the Jatiya Party (Kazi Zafar) led by Mustafa Jamal Haider, Jamaat-e-Islami led by Mia Golam Parwar, LDP led by Oli Ahmed, Nagorik Oikya led by Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Gono Forum led by SM Altaf Hossain and Subrata Chowdhury, Gano Sanghati Andolan led by Jonayed Saki, Biplobi Workers Party led by Saiful Haque, Islami Andolan led by Maulana Syed Mosaddek Billah Al Madani, Khelafate Majlish led by Maulana Abdul Bashid Azad and Ahmed Abdul Quader, Bangladesh, Gano Odhikar Parishad led by Nurul Haque Nur, JAGPA led by Khandaker Lufor Rahman, NPP led by Fariduzzaman Farhad, BJP led by Andalib Rahman Partho, Bangladesh JSD led by Nurul Ambia.

In addition, a four-member delegation from the Jatiya Nagorik Committee participated in the meeting. They are Nasiruddin Patwari, Akhtar Hossain, Samantha Sharmin and Sarjis Alam.

A seven-member 'National Consensus Commission' was formed on February 12 under the leadership of the Chief Adviser. This was the first meeting of the commission.