BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said their party still neither received an invitation letter from the President to join the dialogue on reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) nor made any decision on it.
“We still didn’t get an invitation letter from the President (to join the talks). Once we get it from the President, we’ll make a decision on the matter through discussions at our standing committee meeting,” he said.
Fakhrul made the remarks while distributing warm clothes among the destitute under Banani Flyover arranged by Arpan Bangladesh, a voluntary organisation, in the evening.
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Replying to a question, the BNP leader said their party had a decision earlier not to engage in any talks over the election.
“As we still didn’t get any invitation letter from the President, we haven’t yet taken any decision on the dialogue,” he added.
Fakhrul appreciated Arpan president Bithika Binte Hossain, wife of late Swechchasebak Dal President Shafiul Bari Babu, for arranging the programme.
He said Arpan has long been distributing relief among the poor people every year, and providing assistance to the family members of those who have been subjected to repression, killing and enforced disappearance by the current “autocratic regime”.
