STAFF CORRESPONDENT

The BNP has decided not to confront the interim government immediately over the national election roadmap, choosing instead to observe how the situation unfolds in the coming days.

Criticising the Chief Adviser’s claim that a particular party wants elections in December, the party expressed confusion and condemned it as a ‘false statement’.

The issues were discussed during a meeting of the national standing committee, the highest policymaking body of the BNP, at its chairperson’s Gulshan office on Monday night. BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman presided over the meeting virtually from London.

Party leaders discussed the ongoing political situation while standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed

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