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Khaleda talks IoJ out of JS quit decision

Staff Correspondent
The Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) decided yesterday not to resign from Jatiya Sangsad following discussion with Prime Minister Khaleda Zia who assured it of representation in the government.
"We had a lengthy and very fruitful discussion with the prime minister.. .We are quite happy with her words and now we have no anguish," said Fazlul Haq Amini MP, chairman of an IOJ faction.
"So, I have withdrawn my decision to step down from parliament and will join session from
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Thursday," he said flashing a broad smile.
Amini had declared on July 2 to resign from the JS during a meeting of top leaders of the Four-party Alliance with Khaleda Zia in the chair. But, later he suspended the decision following a negotiation with Prime Minister's Political Secretary Mosaddak Ali.
The five-member delegation led by Amini called on the PM at her office at 1:30pm and spent a couple of hours to discuss their various demands, including the IOJ's representation in the cabinet.
BNP Secretary General and LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, PM's Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Salauddin Qader Chowdhury, two political secretaries -- MA Haris Chowdhury and Mosaddak Ali -were present.
Emerging out from the meeting, IOJ leaders Amini and Muhiuddin Khan told reporters the PM gave them assurance of considering their demands.
She also informed them that one of the IOJ demands had already been met as steps were taken to drop late Jamaat leader Moududi's book from the government's purchase list and madrassah syllabus.
"Our desire to include IOJ representative in the cabinet is still valid.. .We also want a fare share of power in the administration, from the capital to village level," said Muhiuddin Khan, who is a senior vice-chairman of the IOJ.
The PM also told the IOJ that all the four alliance parties would be given opportunity in phases, he said.
"The PM however did not say when our demands will be realised. But, we are quite happy with her assurance because we believe in
her," he said.
Addressing a press briefing at its Purana Paltan office later in the afternoon, Amini said they have also requested the PM to recognise the 'kawmi' madrassah certificate considering its importance. The PM agreed to have it checked soon by experts concerned.
"We've have also agreed to hold meeting regularly between leaders of alliance parties in a bid to avoid any misunderstanding," he said.
Turning to its conflict with the Jamaat-e-Islami, Muhiuddin Khan said the unity of the alliance is political, not ideological. "Our unity with Jamaat does not mean that we have to accept its ideology and become its member by filling up forms. We cannot accept Moududi's book in madrassah."
Muhiuddin meanwhile said that the process is on to merge the two factions of IOJ and it can be expedited if the government give it a place in the cabinet soon.
On another question, Amini said that he and his party would rethink about resignation from parliament if the prime minister does not implement her assurance given to the IOJ. "I will not go in the cabinet, but there must be someone from my party in the cabinet," he added.
He said the IOJ has also demanded nomination of its leader Prof Ehtesham Sarwar in the by-election of a parliamentary seat in Netrokona that felt vacant following the death of BNP MP Nurul Amin Talukder.
Other IOJ leaders in the delegation to the PM included Muhammad Wakkas MP, Ezharul Islam and Sharfuddin Ahmed Junaid.