Several leaders expressed their dissatisfaction over the party’s alliance with the Jamaat during the meetings, according to sources in the BNP. BNP keeping distance from JamaatSince the 2018 national elections, the BNP has kept its distance from the Jamaat and taken political steps without them, despite the Jamaat having the biggest share in the 20-party alliance after the BNP. At the district, upazila, and grassroots levels, BNP leaders and activists have no connection with the Jamaat, they said. BNP Joint Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal said: “Anti-liberation leaders of Jamaat are not in the party anymore. Younger BNP leaders against JamaatSources said young leaders and activists at the grassroots level of the BNP do not want the controversy of keeping the Jamaat in the alliance.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 05, 2021 18:17 UTC