Dhaka, Oct 13 (Just News): BNP, Jatiya Oikya Prokriya and Jukta Front on Saturday launched a new opposition alliance, 'Jatiya Oikya Front', ahead of the 11th national election.
The new alliance envisages realising seven demands, including the release of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, and meeting 11 targets.
Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna made the announcement at a press conference held at the Jatiya Press Club in the evening with Jatiya Oikya Prokriya convener Kamal Hossain in the chair.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Kamal said, ‘We’re forging the unity in the interest of 16 crore people of the country, not to protect the interest of any party.’ He hoped that AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Bikalpadhara Bangladesh would also join the new alliance later.
“We have to no adequate time to waste. We will have to take the Jatiya Oikya Front at district level across the country immediately,” Kamal said.
The newly floated alliance started its journey with a vow to force the ruling quarter to resign from the state power before the announcement of the schedule of the upcoming general election, he said.
An all-party acceptable election-time government will have to be formed after the dissolution of the current parliament, Kamal said in the press conference.
He also demanded the immediate release of all political prisoners including BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.
During the press conference, Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna announced seven-point demands and 11-point goals of the newly formed political alliance ahead of the upcoming general election slated to be held at the end of December.
“We have been hatching efforts to form such national unity and at last, we became successful today,” Manna said.
Two leaders of Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Jukta Front, JSD President ASM Abdur Rob and Mahmudur Rahman Manna were present at the press conference. However, Badruddoza Chowdhury was not present at the press conference.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, its standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Moudud Ahmed, former caretaker adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein and Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, former vice president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed were present at the press conference.
(Justnews/ys/2010hr)
