Oikyafront sends letter to PM for dialogue again

Jatiya Oikyafront sent another letter to Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday seeking the second phase of small-group talks with her over the next general election.

Oikyafront leader AHM Shafiq Ullah and member of the BNP chairperson's press wing, Shairul Kabir Khan, carried the letter to Awami League President’s Dhanmondi office this morning. 

Shairul Kabir said they handed over the letter to an office assistant, Masud Alauddin, as Awami League leaders were staying at Suhrawardy Udyan due to felicitation to the prime minister.  

Earlier on Saturday night, a meeting of the alliance’s steering committee at Dr Kamal Hossain’s Motijheel chamber decided to send the letter to the Prime Minister. 

After the meeting, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, “Jatiya Oikyafront had a dialogue with her (PM) on November 1, and it was discussed that a small-group dialogue with us can be held again. Based on that, the Prime Minister will be given another letter tomorrow (Sunday). 

In the letter, he said, they will mention about the Oikyafront’s letter sent to the Election Commission urging it not to announce the election schedule as long as the dialogue is over. 

Fakhrul hoped that the talks will be held on a small-scale on the country’s current political crisis. 

Earlier, Dr Kamal, on behalf of the Oikyafront, sent a letter to the Election Commission urging it not to announce the schedule for next election until the ongoing dialogue ends. 

On November 1, a 23-member delegation of 14-party, led by Sheikh Hasina, sat in talks at Ganobhaban with Dr Kamal Hossain-led 20-member Oikyafront team. 

With UNB inputs