Awami League chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has opened talks with a delegation of Jatiya Party led by its Chairman HM Ershad.
The dialogue kicked-off at 7:20pm after the 33-member JP delegation entered the PM’s official residence Ganabhaban at 6:30pm Monday (Nov 5).
The party will brief the media later in the day at the chairman’s Banani offices.
The Jatiya Party leaders in the delegation include Senior Co-Chairman and Leader of the Opposition in the House Raushon Ershad, Co-Chairman GM Quader, Secretary General Ruhul Amin Hawlader, Join Secretaries General Liyakat Hossain Khoka and Nurul Islam Omar, Presidium members Anisul Islam Mahmud, MA Sattar, Kazi Firoz Rashid, Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu, Delwar Hossain Khan, Syed Abu Hossain Babla, Sahidur Rahman, Sheikh Muhammad Sirajul Islam, Fakhrul Imam, Mujibul Haque Chunnu, Salma Islam, Sunil Shubha Roy, SM Faisal Chishty, Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury, Mahsiur Rahman Ranga, Azam Khan, Solaiman Alam Sheth, Atikur Rahman, Khaled Akter, Shafiqul Islam Sentu and Shamim Haider Patwary.
The allies in the Ershad-led coalition will be represented by Bangladesh Ismai Front Chairman MA Mannan and Secretary General MA Matin, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish Secretary General Mahfuzul Haque and Joint Secretary General Jalal Ahmed, National Islami Grand Alliance Chairman Abu Naser Wahed Faruq and BNA Chairman Sekandar Ali Moni.
Hasina is leading the delegation of the 14-party Alliance, comprising of Awami League leaders and representatives from its allies.
The AL-led 14-Party alliance is holding a series of talks with political parties, which started on Nov 1 with the Jatiya Oikya Front, the new coalition Gano Forum chief Dr Kamal Hossain launched with the BNP.