The Gana Forum president, Kamal Hossain on Saturday said that his party would sit with the ruling Awami League soon in response to an invitation.
'Awami League presidium member Obaidul Quader on Friday phoned me and said that his party wanted to hold a meeting with us,' Kamal said at a press beefing after a meeting of the party's central committee at the Moitri Auditorium of the Communist Party of Bangladesh.
He said that he had accepted the proposal of the Awami League and replied
that the meeting for a political discussion could be held any time in two or three days.
The Gana Forum was a partner of the AL-led alliance when the alliance was formed in 2004 and it dropped out of the alliance when the military-backed interim government of Fakhruddin Ahmed assumed office in 2007 when Kamal made some statements supporting the government.
Kamal called on the left and democratic political parties to float a greater national unity to push for proper amendment of the constitution and 23-point demands based on which the Awami League had formed the alliance.
Kamal criticised the AL-led alliance government for its failure to fulfil the aspirations of the people and take steps to implement the 23-point demands.
The party's acting general secretary placed a political report at the central committee meeting.
He called on the party men to work to strengthen an alternative political force outside the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
The party will hold its national council in Dhaka in December 2-3, he said.
The party's central leaders Abdur Rouf, Mofizul Islam Kamal, Abul Kashem, Rafiqul Islam Pathik and others also spoke.
About 100 central committee members from across the country took part in the meeting, party sources said.
Soruce : New Age
