President of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Oli Ahmed on Monday night said their party wants the leadership of BNP in what he termed the upcoming simultaneous movement to oust the current Awami League government.
"The prices of all goods have gone beyond the purchasing capacity of the common people... people are not getting good governance and justice. BNP must lead a movement to get rid of these problems, crimes against humanity and repressive acts,” he said.
The veteran politician also said there is no possibility to have democracy restored in the county without a movement under the leadership of BNP.
He made the remarks while talking to reporters after a dialogue with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at his Mohakhali DOHS residence.
Oli said BNP has already made it very clear that it will not participate in any election under the current government.
“We made mistakes in the past and we’re paying prices for it. We’ve unanimously decided to demand the resignation of this government and the dissolution of the parliament. Then, a new government will come to power and it’ll reform the administration,” he said.
Oli said no one will be electe except Awami League, if the next election is held under the current government because of the dominance of Chhatra League and Jubo in the administration. "We want the fall of this government."
As part of their second phase of talks to forge national unity for a united movement, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said they sat with LDP leaders, led by Oli Ahmed and discussed the demands of the movement.
“We’ve agreed on waging a simultaneous movement to ensure the fall of this government. We’ll also discuss with other parties and then present our demands before the nation,” he said.
Earlier, Mirza Fakhrul and Nazrul Islam Khan, a standing committee member of BNP and 20-party coordinator went to Oli’s house and held talks with the LDP leaders.
BNP began its second phase of talks with the first meeting with the Kalyan Party on Sunday. The party also sat in a dialogue with Jatiya Party (Kazi Zafar) on Monday morning to finalise the demands and issues that will be highlighted in the movement.
Earlier, BNP had discussions with 23 parties during its first phase of talks that began on May 24 to work out the outline for launching a united movement to 'restore' democracy and people’s voting rights.