Yunus consults political parties on India-Bangladesh

 Yunus consults political parties on India-Bangladesh relation, excludes Awami League and allies

BNP and other mainstream parties raise need for early election in meeting with Chief Adviser

Several political parties in Bangladesh on Wednesday (December 4, 2024) urged Chief Adviser Mohammad Yunus to hold early election in the country. The discussion between delegations of leading political parties and the Chief Adviser took place during a meeting that. Prof Yunus had called to to seek suggestion from political parties on how to counter what was described as “aggression against the nation”. The meeting however did not include the Awami League and its allies.

Election has its own dynamics and announcement of election will activate public enthusiasm. That will be helpful for the country and that is why we raised the matter though it was not on the main agenda of today’s meeting with Chief Adviser,” said Amir Khosru Mahmud Choudhury, standing committee member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to The Hindu over a phone call from Dhaka.

Since taking power in August, Prof. Yunus has met with the political parties on multiple occasions but this is the first time that such a large meeting was held under the interim government. Prof. Yunus had promised to hold consultation with political parties for shaping the path ahead for election but it is not yet clear if a future election would include the Awami League and its allies who were in power till 5 August.

The meeting was called to seek suggestions from political parties about what strategy the interim government should adopt to steer Bangladesh-India relationship especially in the backdrop of vandalism in the Assistant High Commission of Bangladesh in Tripura’s capital Agartala.