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14-party-Oikyafront dialogue begins
DHAKA, Nov 1, 2018 (BSS) – The much-anticipated dialogue between the 14-
party alliance and the National Unity Front (NUF) kicked off at prime
minister’s official Ganabhaban residence this evening.
“The dialogue began at about 7 pm,” a Ganabhaban official familiar with
the talks said.
Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is leading a
23-member team of the 14-party alliance in the dialogue, while a 16-member
delegation of National Unity Front (UNF) is being led by its convenor Dr
Kamal Hossain.
The members of AL-led 14-party delegation are: Awami League General
Secretary Obaidul Quader, advisers Amir Hossain Amu and Tofail Ahmed,
presidium members Begum Matia Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Mohammad
Nasim, Kazi Zafar Ullah, Sammayabadi Dal General Secretary Dilip Barua,
Workers Party of Bangladesh President Rashed Khan Menon, Jatiya Samajtantrik
Dal President (JASOD) Hasanul Huq Inu and another faction leader of the party
Mainuddin Khan Badol, Law Minister Advocate Anisul Huq, AL presidium members
Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru, Dr. Md. Abdur Razzak and Ramesh Chandra Sen,
Joint-Secretaries Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif, Dr. Dipu Moni, Jahangir Kabir Nanak
and Abdur Rahman, Office Secretary Dr. Abdus Sobhan Golap, Publicity and
Publication Secretary Hasan Mahmud, Legal Affairs Secretary Advocate S.M
Rezaul Karim.
The NUF deligation included five BNP leaders and they are party secretary
general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members Khandaker
Mosharraf Hossain, Moudud Ahmed, Jamiruddin Sircar, and Mirza Abbas.
The other team members include Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) President ASM
Abdur Rab, and Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury.
Responding to the newly formed NUF or Jatiya Oikya Front’s call for
dialogue over the next national election, Sheikh Hasina formally invited the
alliance to take part in talks with ruling alliance at Gono Bhaban at 7pm
today.
The issue of dialogue surfaced when Dr Kamal, president of Gono Forum – a
key component of the Oikyafront, wrote to the prime minister on October 28
asking for the dialogue. The NUF by now announced a seven-point demand for
holding the next parliament election in a participatory manner.
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