After long nine years, former president AQM Badruddoza Chowhdury met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday, responding to an invitation to an Iftar party hosted by the opposition leader.
B Chowdhury, one of the founder members of BNP, was forced to resign from the country's presidency in 2002 following a decision of BNP's parliamentary party and later formed Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) in 2004.
BNP, however, now is trying to get BDB beside it ahead of its planned upcoming anti-government movement demanding restoration of the caretaker government system.
Asked, Chowdhury declined to make any comment in this regard saying, "It's a social and religious programme."
The Iftar party, held at the city's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, was attended by leaders of almost all political parties except the ruling Awami League (AL).
The BNP chairperson invited AL president and general secretary, but none of them or any of their representatives was seen in the programme.
However, former prime minister Kazi Zafar Ahmad, also presidium member of Jatiya Party, a key ally of ruling Awami League, represented his party at BNP's Iftar party. "We are in the grand alliance. But I came here on behalf of my party as it is a social programme," Zafar said.
Alongside leaders of the parties under BNP-led four party alliance, leaders of like-minded parties including Liberal Democratic Party President Col (retd) Oli Ahmad, Krishak Sramik Janata League President Kader Siddiqui, Kalyan Party President Syed Muhammad Ibrahim, and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President ASM Abdur Rob attended the programme.
Kader Siddiqui and Rob refused to have seat on the stage as Jamaat acting chief Maqbul Ahmed among others was there.
"It's not a political programme. Though it's true, the country is not in a good situation," said Rob.
Source : The Daily Star
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