Indian envoy meets Ershad
Jatiya Party Presidium member Zia Uddin Ahmed Bablu told bdnews24.com that the meeting was held at Ershad’s residence on Wednesday afternoon.
The Jatiya Party has been a much-talked-about affair after its chief announced quitting the ruling Awami League-led 14-Party alliance but then joined the ‘all-party’ government.
Bablu, who has just been made Advisor to the Prime Minister, was present in the hour-long meeting.
He, however, declined to disclose details of what had been discussed, saying, “It was just a courtesy call.”
The party had contested the last parliamentary elections as a key component of the alliance and one of its Presidium members, GM Quader, secured a cabinet berth.
File Photo
File Photo
However, the party leaders, including Ershad, had been saying over the past two years that they would quit the coalition.
Ershad, a former military dictator, announced that they were no more with the alliance but within hours five of its leaders took oath as ministers on Monday.
The government said new ministers were inducted to form an election-time ‘all-party’ government.
But the BNP termed the move ‘a farce’ and rejected the call to join the government.
The main opposition party has been agitating to press for its key demand – restoration of the caretaker government to oversee the polls.
Jatiya Party Presidium member Zia Uddin Ahmed Bablu told bdnews24.com that the meeting was held at Ershad’s residence on Wednesday afternoon.
The Jatiya Party has been a much-talked-about affair after its chief announced quitting the ruling Awami League-led 14-Party alliance but then joined the ‘all-party’ government.
Bablu, who has just been made Advisor to the Prime Minister, was present in the hour-long meeting.
He, however, declined to disclose details of what had been discussed, saying, “It was just a courtesy call.”
The party had contested the last parliamentary elections as a key component of the alliance and one of its Presidium members, GM Quader, secured a cabinet berth.
File Photo
File Photo
However, the party leaders, including Ershad, had been saying over the past two years that they would quit the coalition.
Ershad, a former military dictator, announced that they were no more with the alliance but within hours five of its leaders took oath as ministers on Monday.
The government said new ministers were inducted to form an election-time ‘all-party’ government.
But the BNP termed the move ‘a farce’ and rejected the call to join the government.
The main opposition party has been agitating to press for its key demand – restoration of the caretaker government to oversee the polls.
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