Chief Adviser to announce election date in four to five days: Mustafa Jamal

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will announce the date of the upcoming national parliamentary election within the next four to five days, said Mustafa Jamal Haider, Chairman of the Jatiya Party (Kazi Zafar faction), after a meeting with the Chief Adviser along with leaders of 14 political parties at the state guest house, Jamuna, on Saturday.

Speaking to the media, Mustafa Jamal Haider said, “The Chief Adviser told us he will announce the election date within the next four to five days. There can be no better news than this.”

The Jatiya Party leader also commented that the ongoing unrest will be resolved through elections. “Many problems will be solved through the electoral process,” he said.

The political leaders who participated in the meeting on Saturday were Aminul Haque Tipu Biswas of the Jatiya Gano Front, Mostafa Jamal Haider of the 12-Party Alliance, Maulana Abdul Majed Athari of the Nezame Islam Party, Maulana Yusuf Ashraf of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish, Fariduzzaman Farhad, Chairman of the NPP (National People’s Party), Syed Ehsanul Huda, Chairman of the Jatiya Party, Dr Mushtaq Hossain of Bangladesh JASAD, Bobby Hajjaj of the Nationalist Democratic Movement, Shamim Haider, Secretary General of the Zaker Party, Mufti Sakhawat Hossain Raji, Secretary General of the Islami Oikya Jote, Rafiqul Islam Babul, Chairman of the Bhasani Janashakti Party, Dr Mostafizur Rahman Iran, Chairman of the Bangladesh Labour Party, Masud Rana, Coordinator of the Marxist–BASAD, and Manjurul Islam Afendi of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam.

Earlier, the Chief Adviser had held two rounds of meetings with leaders from various political parties and alliances, including the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami. This day’s meeting involved representatives from 14 more parties and alliances.

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