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BNP pushes for dialogue

Staff Correspondent
Reiterating party's stance on holding a dialogue to resolve the country's political crisis, BNP leader Moudud Ahmed yesterday urged the government to create consensus by leaving the path of confrontation.
Referring to recent visits of Hillary Clinton and Pranab Mukherjee to Dhaka, he said both of them echoed the views of the opposition. "Foreign delegates suggested the government for holding talks with the opposition to arrange the national elections under a neutral government. Now the incumbent government has to amend the constitution to clear the way for holding talks," he added.
He was addressing a human chain programme in front of Jatiya Press Club. Dhaka city unit of Zia Parishad, a pro-BNP body, organised the event protesting filing of cases against top opposition leaders.
Moudud said, “We don't want to see any political confrontation, but the government has to take the initiative to reach a consensus.”
The prime minister must declare that the caretaker government system will be restored to the constitution and Ilias Ali will return to his family, he mentioned add-
ing, if otherwise, the ongoing anti-government movement will continue.
The BNP leader said tougher agitation programme will be declared soon if Ilias, who went missing on April 17 from the capital's Banani area, remains untraced.
Moudud, also a former minister, said the government filed cases against senior leaders of BNP and its front organisations only to resist the movement as it has failed to face the agitation politically.
He said BNP will not go for movement if Ilias returns to his family and the caretaker system is restored. “Then we will sit down for dialogue, if necessary. Otherwise the government will be forced to step down.”
Kabir Murad, president of Zia Parishad, spoke at the programme, among others.
US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton during her May 5-6 visit to Dhaka said political parties should hold a dialogue to find out how a free and fair election can be arranged in Bangladesh.
Earlier, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had blamed government security agencies for picking up Ilias. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, though, had termed the incident a “drama."
Meanwhile, Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal yesterday organised a rally in front of BNP's central office at Nayapaltan protesting filing of cases against top opposition leaders including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan addressed the meeting, among others, with Jubo Dal president Syed Moazzem Hossain Alai in the chair.