The leaders of the protesting Jamaat and eight like-minded parties have decided to sit for talks with the interim government’s Chief Adviser, Muhammad Yunus, to realise five demands, including holding a referendum in November.
This decision was taken at a meeting of the top leaders of the eight parties held at the central office of the Islami Andolan Bangladesh in Paltan, Dhaka, on Tuesday afternoon to determine the next course of action and future steps. Prior to this, the parties held a rally in Paltan.
Top leaders from two parties who attended the meeting have confirmed this information to TIMES of Bangladesh.
They said that a request for time will be made from their side for a meeting with the chief adviser on Wednesday.
If the meeting with the chief adviser takes place and no fruitful decision regarding the referendum before the election comes from the meeting, then a decision has also been taken for a strict course of action. This could be announced as early as Wednesday.
The meeting was attended by top leaders of the eight parties, including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman, Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s Ameer and Charmonai Pir Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim, Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis’s Ameer Maulana Mamunul Haque, Khilafat Majlis’s Ameer Maulana Abdul Basit Azad, Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan’s Ameer Maulana Habibullah Miaji, Bangladesh Nezam-e-Islam Party’s President Principal Maulana Sarwar Kamal Azizi, Jatiya Gonotantrik Party (Jagpa)’s Co-President Engineer Rashed Prodhan, and Bangladesh Development Party’s President Advocate Anwarul Islam Chan.
Earlier in the afternoon at the rally, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman had informed that they would hold a meeting immediately after the rally to decide the next course of action.
