Jatiya Oikyafront
Dr Kamal hails PM’s dialogue offer, wants to join if invited
Dhaka, Jan 13 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Sunday appreciated the Prime Minister’s decision to hold fresh talks with political parties, saying it is a positive step.
Joining election with Jamaat in JOF was a mistake: Dr Kamal
Dhaka, Jan 12 (UNB) - Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said it was a mistake of his party to join the recent 11th parliamentary elections with Jamaat-e-Islami under the banner of Jatiya Oikyafront (JOF).
Joy describes why Oikyafront suffered election debacle
Dhaka, Jan 12 (UNB) – Prime Minister’s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Saturday said BNP and Oikyafront, having been thoroughly rejected by voters, have started begging their foreign masters for help.
Dr Kamal to ‘mount pressure on BNP’ to ditch Jamaat
Dhaka, Jan 11 (UNB) – Dr Kamal Hossain’s Gano Forum is now planning to mount pressure on BNP to sever its ties with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to keep the Jatiya Oikyafront intact and launch a movement together with like-minded parties demanding a fresh national election.
Talking to UNB, some Gano Forum leaders have said they want to strengthen the Jatiya Oikyafront in such a way so that no one can malign the alliance for Jamaat and BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman.
They also said some left and right parties are contacting them to join the newly launched coalition, but they are giving a condition that BNP must part its ways with Jamaat.
The Gano Forum leaders also said they think their two MPs and BNP’s six should join parliament since they won their respective seats fairly ‘unlike many others’.
Under the circumstances, Gano Forum central committee is going to sit in a crucial meeting on Saturday to assess the December-30 national election and decide the future of its alliance with BNP.
The meeting that will begin at 10am at the party’s Arambagh central office will also work out the party’s next course of action, Gano forum media wing member Latiful Bari Hamim told UNB on Friday.
Party President Dr Kamal Hossain will preside over the meeting and hold a press briefing at 4pm.
Contacted, party central committee member Amin Afsari said they will take various important decisions at the meeting about the future of their party’s alliance with BNP and some other parties and their future action plans.
He said they will also discuss whether Jatiya Oikyafront can be strengthened through involving some other left and democratic parties.
Afsari also said their party may seek opinions of their central committee members whether their party’s two elected MPs should take oath or not.
Party training affairs secretary Rafiqul Islam Pathik said their meeting will evaluate the just-held national election and take decision to strengthen their party’s organisational capability to launch an anti-government movement.
About Oikyafront, he said some parties, including both the left and right ones, are eager to join the coalition to wage a movement demanding a fresh national election.
At Saturday’s meeting, Pathik said, they will take some decisions about how they can extend the alliance and make it stronger further. “Most of our leaders want to keep the alliance with BNP intact, but it must leave Jamaat for that.”
A Gano Forum presidium member, wishing anonymity, said their central committee may decide to sever ties with BNP if it does not leave Jamaat. “We may take decision that if BNP wants to keep the unity with Gano Forum unharmed, Tarique Rahman can’t interfere in any matter of Oikyafront and his party must come up with an announcement to drop Jamaat from its alliance.”
He said if BNP does not accept their decision, they may try to reshape Oikyafront with other like-minded parties.
The Gano Forum leader said most of their grassroots leaders want their party’s two MPs to join parliament. “Our central committee meeting will discuss the issue with serious importance. I think our MPs will finally take oath as it’s a great scope for us to have representation in parliament for the first time.”
He said their leaders think though the election was not acceptable in many constituencies, their two MPs and six of BNP came out successful fairly through competition. “So, why should our legal MPs not take oath? We believe if eight Oikyafront MPs join parliament, they’ll be able to play a positive role in favour of people and our demand for reelection.”
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, Gonoshasthya Kendra founder who played a vital role in forming the Jatiya Oikyafront, said BNP should leave Jamaat in the interests of its own as well as Oikyafront.
He said BNP should now first boost its organisational strength to stage a comeback alongside making its ties with Oikyafront alliance partners stronger further.
Oikyafront chalks out programmes seeking fresh polls
Dhaka, Jan 8 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront on Tuesday worked out three programmes, including holding a national dialogue, to force the government to hold fresh election cancelling the results of the 11th parliamentary polls.
Convince govt to hold another election, Oikyafront urges diplomats
Dhaka, Jan 6 (UNB) - Jatiya Oikyafront leaders on Sunday urged the foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka to convince the government to hold another election in a free and fair manner to resolve the crisis over the national election.
Oikyafront MPs-elect ‘not to take oath’
Dhaka, Jan 6 (UNB) – Trashing media reports on a rift in their alliance, Jatiya Oikyafront senior leader on Sunday said no elected MPs of their coalition is going to take oath.
Gano Forum MPs may join Parliament: Dr Kamal
Dhaka, Jan 5 (UNB) – Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said their party is thinking positively for sending its two newly elected MPs to the 11th Parliament.
JOF leaders to visit Subarnachar rape victim Saturday
Dhaka, Jan 4 (UNB) – Six days after the incident, Oikyafront senior leaders are going to visit Subarnachar rape victim in Noakhali.
Dr Kamal mourns Syed Ashraf's death
Dhaka, Jan 4 (UNB) – Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain and general secretary Mostafa Mohsin Montu on Friday expressed deep shock at the death of Awami League Presidium member and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam.