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Post-Eid Agitation

BNP eyes bigger alliance

Rakib Hasnet Suman
Failing to bring some political parties into the BNP-led alliance, the main opposition party is now trying to persuade them to go for an antigovernment movement simultaneously after the Eid-ul-Fitr.
Though these parties support BNP's demand for the restoration of the caretaker government system, they are unwilling to join the BNP-led alliance for serious reservations
about Jamaat-e-Islami’s presence in the coalition.
Some of these parties have said they will form a separate political alliance to mount pressure on the government to have their demands met.
Acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told The Daily Star that discussions were on with different parties, as they wanted to see a free and fair general election. He, however, did not elaborate.
The BNP-led four-party combine
expanded to an alliance of 18 parties on April 18 but BNP could not rope in any important political party.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at the June 11 rally had announced that they would go for a tougher movement after the Eid to compel the government to accept their demands.
Some senior and mid-level leaders of BNP have been in touch with different parties that support the FROM PAGE 20
demand for the restoration of the caretaker government system.
BNP high-ups were interested in bringing Gonoforum, Krishak Sramik Janata League, JSD (Rob), Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) and Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) into the BNP-led alliance, said sources.
When asked, acting Gonoforum general secretary Subrata Chowdhury said BNP leaders had contacted them but they decided not to join the BNP-led combine.
"Though we have some issues in common, the party cannot go for any movement with Jarnaat. We will hold a convention soon in the capital to express our views."
CPB General Secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim, said, "We have ideological differences with BNP and Jarnaat. We even think that BNP and Awami League are the same. We are working to create an alternative political force.”
BNP leaders have been in contact with JSD (Rob) President ASM Abdur Rob and Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddiqui, said party insiders.
Abdur Rob told The Daily Star that they were trying to form a third political force keeping aside BNP, Awami League and Jarnaat.
"So, there is no question of joining any alliance.”
Kader Siddiqui had already met the BNP chairperson and clarified his position on Jarnaat.
BDB leader Mahi B Chowdhury had attended the main opposition's June 11 rally and expressed solidarity with the demand for the restoration of the caretaker government system.
But the BDB was not interested to join the BNP-led alliance, said sources.