Sources said Bikalpadhara Bangladesh President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury and Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain aim to form a new political coalition along with other prominent politicians. This committee on the Rohingya crisis might be the litmus test for public opinion they were hoping for, according to leftist politicians. At the programme, it was decided that the committee would send representatives to China, India and Russia for talks on the Rohingya crisis. However, Subrata Chowdhury, executive president of Gono Forum, said: “We have been trying to form a new political coalition for a while. We do not want to tie in the Rohingya crisis with that.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 24, 2017 18:22 UTC