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BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia presiding over the
Standing Committee meeting at the party's new office at
Gulshan in the city on Tuesday. NN photo

Staff Reporter

BNP warned that it would not take part in the next parliamentary elections if any hurdles were created deliberately in the path of holding a free and fair election scheduled for December 18.

"We will take the decision after holding meetings with the components of the four party alliance," Khandoker Delwar Hossain, Secretary General of BNP told the journalists after the standing committee meeting held at the party's newly opened office at Gulashn in the city.

Presided over by BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia the meeting was also attended among others by standing committee members M Saifur Rahman, Dr RA Gani, Chowdhury Tanveer Ahmed Siddiqui, Advocate Khandaker Mahbubuddin Ahmed, Abul Matin Chowdhury, Lt Gen (Retd) Mahbubur Rahman and M Shamsul Islam.

"We want to take part in the parliamentary polls, but the Election Commission (EC) as well as the government have to create an atmosphere favourable for taking part in the elections," Delwar said.

The meeting also discussed political situation and possibility of the expansion of the four-party alliance.