The political parties that joined the 12th parliamentary polls on January 7 and the Awami League鈥檚 allies and beneficiaries will not be invited to dialogues organised by the interim government鈥檚 advisory council led by Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Several officials at the Chief Advisor鈥檚 Office and an adviser of the interim government confirmed 抖阴精品 that there was a government policy decision that the government would not involve such political parties in any government activities.
They said that though the Jatiya Party was once invited to a dialogue with the chief adviser, many political parties criticised it saying that the party was one of the beneficiaries of the AL regime, ousted amid a student-people uprising on August 5 when AL president Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and left the country on August 5.
On August 8, an interim government led by Muhammad Yunus was formed. Since then, the government held three rounds of talks with political parties. The first round of talks was held on August 13, the second round on August 30 and August 31 and the third round of talks began on October 5.
On October 5, the advisory council held talks with some 10 political parties and alliances including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Ganatantra Mancha.
鈥榃e will hold dialogues with some other political parties likely on October 19, after the Durga Puja vacation,鈥� an advisor to the interim government told 抖阴精品 on Monday.
The adviser said that the AL, its allies and other beneficiaries of the AL would not be invited to hold dialogue with the interim government鈥檚 advisory council in the ongoing round of dialogues.
He, however, said that there was a controversy about JP as the party had earlier earned the label of 鈥榟andpick opposition鈥� in three controversial elections in 2014, 2018 and 2024.
He said that, on the next day of the ongoing round of talks, Oli Ahmed-led Liberal Democratic Party, BNP鈥檚 simultaneous movement partner 12-party alliance, Bangladesh Jasod, Andaleeve Rahman Partho-led Bangladesh Jatiya Party, and some other parties would be invited.
A total of 27 parties participated in the January 7 controversial national election that was labelled by the then opposition political parties as a 鈥楧ummy Election鈥�.
The parties that participated in the elections are 鈥斅� Awami League, Islami Front Bangladesh, Islami Oikya Jote, Krishak Sramik Janata League, Gono Forum, Gono Front, Zaker Party, Jatiya Party, Jatiya Party-JP, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Trinamool BNP, National People鈥檚 Party, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh, Bangladesh Islamic Front, Bangladesh Congress, Bangladesh Kalyan Party, Bangladesh Khelafat Andolan, Bangladesh Jatiya Party, Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Andolon, Bangladesh Tarikat Federation, Bangladesh National Awami Party, Bangladesh Nationalist Front, Bangladesh Muslim League, Supreme Party, Sangskritik Muktijote, Workers Party of Bangladesh and Samyabadi Dal.
The Zaker Party, however, had withdrawn all its 200 contestants from the election race before the polls.
Of the political parties, Gono Forum faced a split before the polls and a faction of the party contested in the elections. Dr Kamal Hossain took steps to unite the factions after the parliamentary elections and became successful.
Kamal Hossain led the Gono Forum delegation during the dialogue with Yunus on August 31.
Officials at the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office said that some of the parties were communicating with the office to get invitations to participate in the ongoing round of dialogues but the office was yet to respond to them.
Jatiya Party secretary general Mujibul Haque Chunnu told 抖阴精品 on Monday that they were yet to receive any invitation to participate in the ongoing round of talks with the chief adviser.
He said that his party would certainly join the dialogue if they were called.
Regarding the allegation labelled on his party, he said that they had already explained the role they had to play in the past AL regime and added that they were compelled to do such activities to save their party from possible splits.
鈥極ut of the last three elections, all parties including the BNP participated in the 2018 elections. BNP was in the 11th parliament, formed through that election, for four years. Will anyone call these parties supportive of AL?鈥� he said.