BNP will present its position to the interim government regarding constitutional reform. For this, a delegation of BNP headed by Salahuddin Ahmed, a member of the party's standing committee, will meet with the constitutional reform committee headed by Ali Riaz on Tuesday morning.
According to party sources, the matter was discussed in the meeting of the standing committee of the party on Monday night. In the meeting, the leaders discussed the government's initiatives to reform the constitution. From that discussion, it was decided to go to the Constitution Reform Committee. Apart from this, many other contemporary issues are also said to have been discussed.
The BNP has already finalized a set of constitutional reform proposals including the introduction of a bicameral parliament on party lines, re-introduction of the caretaker government system, balancing the powers of the president and the prime minister. All these proposals have been finalized based on the 31 points announced by the party. Although these proposals were supposed to be submitted to the Constitutional Reform Commission on Monday, it was postponed by a day.
BNP has proposed 31 points of reforms aimed at repairing the state structure. According to related sources, there are reform proposals to be finalized including declaring equality, human dignity and justice as the basic principles of the constitution.
It is to be noted that the Constitutional Reform Commission headed by Professor Ali Riaz has requested the political parties to send proposals for constitutional reform in writing. The commission has already started discussions with other stakeholders including prominent citizens. The commission has given an opportunity to give suggestions, opinions and proposals to interested persons or organizations regarding the constitutional reform till November 25. After that they will sit in dialogue with the political parties.
The meeting started at 9:30 pm yesterday and ended at 10:30 pm. Shayrul Kabir Khan, a member of BNP's media cell, gave this information. However, he did not say anything about the discussion of the meeting. Acting Chairman of BNP Tariq Rahman presided over the meeting held at Gulshan Chairperson's office. He was connected virtually. BNP Standing Committee Member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Barrister Zamir Uddin Sarkar, Mirza Abbas, Abdul Moin Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Salahuddin Ahmed, Begum Selima Rahman, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram and Prof. A Z M Zahid Hossain are part took
Earlier, BNP held a meeting with the like-minded democracy platform at the same place at 6:30 pm. It was led by Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Secretary General of the BNP. BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku among others participated.
General Secretary of Revolutionary Workers Party Saiful Haque, Chief Coordinator of Mass Solidarity Movement Jonaid Saki,
General Secretary of JSD Shahid Uddin Mahmud Swapan, convener of Bhasani Anusari Parishad Rafiqul Islam Bablu.
