5 opposition parties meet to finalise Unity Process

Five opposition parties including BNP are holding a meeting to finalise the National Unity Process (Jatiya Oikya Prokriya).

Leaders of BNP, Badrudozza Chowdhury-led Jukta Front (United Front) comprised of three political parties and Kamal Hossain-led Gano Forum are attending the meeting at the house of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president ASM Abdur Rab in the capital's Uttara on Friday afternoon.

The leaders are holding the meeting to fix seven demands and 11 goals from the demands and goals earlier put forward by BNP, Jukta Front and Gano Forum.

The meeting was scheduled to be held on Thursday evening. But the meeting was postponed later.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Moudud Ahmed, Gano Forum executive president Subrata Chowdhury, general secretary Mostafa Mohsin Montu, Sultan Mansur, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh joint secretary general Mahi B Chowdhury, central leader Omar Faruk, Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Shahidullah Kaisar and JSD general secretary Abdul Malek Ratan joined the meeting.

The leaders of these parties held meetings at ASM Rab’s and Khandaker Mosharraf’s houses on 7 October and 8 October respectively.