The 58-party United National Alliance (UNA) faced a setback in its first meeting on Monday as many of its leaders opposed to the alliance chief HM Ershad’s decisions. The meeting was held at HM Ershad’s political office in Banani with alliance spokesperson and Jatiya Party Secretary General Ruhul Amin Hawlader in the chair. According to a source who was at the meeting, Ershad proposed to include two more parties in the alliance; one of the parties is currently with Awami League-led 14-party alliance and the other with BNP-led 20-party combine. Several UNA leaders opposed to the move, saying that it would not be good for the alliance’s future. After the meeting, Ruhul Amin Hawlader told the Dhaka Tribune that Ershad was also unhappy and disappointed with the abrupt opposition of certain alliance leaders at the very first meeting.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 15, 2017 18:00 UTC