The Election Commission yesterday for the third time sent a letter to the main opposition BNP with an invitation to join a dialogue on electoral reforms.
The letter was sent to the BNP secretary general requesting him to join the dialogue on July 20 in the national interest, said Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda.
The CEC was talking to reporters at the commission's secretariat over the ongoing dialogue being held with registered political parties.
Earlier, the EC invited BNP for a dialogue on June 13 and again on any day between June 19 and 22. But the party rejected the invitation terming the commission "controversial".
"The allegations raised by BNP against the commission are baseless. We saw distortion of information in their letter. We request them to join the dialogue," said CEC Huda.
BNP's alliance partner Jamaat-e-Islami and two other parties, Bangladesh Jatiya Party and Jamiyat-e-Ulama-e-Islam, also skipped the dialogue.
Source : The Daily Star
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