Gonofourm鈥檚 emeritus president Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday stressed the need for a national dialogue for the democratic transition of the country.
He made the call while chairing the inaugural session of the party鈥檚 7th national conference at the Institution of Engineers auditorium in the capital for the unification of the party鈥檚 two factions.
Kamal Hossain said that scope was created for the democratic transition of the country after the fall of the fascist Sheikh Hasina regime amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5.
鈥楩or this, we must continue to work for national unity and require to hold a national dialogue among the political parties, organisations and the civil society people,鈥� Dr Kamal said.
鈥榃e must resist the evil forces that are trying to foil the achievements of the students-mass uprising,鈥� Dr Kamal Hossain said.聽
Addressing the session, leaders of different political parties stressed the need to forge national unity for the implementation of the spirit of the recent student-led mass movement.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said that the agents of the fascist Sheikh Hasina government were hatching conspiracy to foil the achievements of the uprising.
鈥榃e must resist the conspiracies and introduce democratic rule in the country after holding a free, fair and credible general election,鈥� Amir Khasru said.
Gonoforum coordination committee chairman MostofaMohsinMontu said that political parties should uphold the national unity until the implementation of the spirit of the student-mass uprising.
Communist Party of Bangladesh鈥檚 former president Mujahidul Islam Selim said that the main task of the interim government was holding a free, fair and credible national election for the democratic transition of the country.
He proposed the formation of a national front comprising left and democratic political parties and taking part in the next election jointly.
Socialist Party of Bangladesh adviser Khalequzzaman said that the people of the country were waiting for the country鈥檚 early democratic transition.
He said that an elected government would perform detailed reforms of the ruling system and the constitution.
Revolutionary Workers Party general secretary SaifulHuq called on the interim government to announce a roadmap for the next national election immediately.
Co-chairmen of the coordination committee SM AltafHossain, SubrataChowdhury, Bangladesh Jasod general secretary NazmulHaqueProdhan, among others, also spoke.
Shahidul Islam Bhuiyan, father of Mohammad Farhanul Islam Bhuiyan who embraced martyrdom during the uprising, inaugurated the national conference.
Gonoforum was formed in 1993.
It witnessed splits two years ago and the factions are scheduled to be unified again in the national conference.
The opening session was followed by a council session in the auditorium where a 151- member central committee was formed.
Dr Kamal Hossain was elected emeritus president, Mostafa Mohsin Montu president and Mohammad Mizanur Rahman was elected general secretary in the council session.聽聽
The member secretary of the coordination committee, Mohammad聽 MizanurRahman, who conducted the opening session said that more than two thousand councillors and delegates attended聽 in the council session.