The United States has asked the Jatiya Oikya Front to know who will be the prime minister from the coalition if it wins the 11th national parliament election. Political officer of the country's Dhaka embassy, William Muller, one of the main leaders of the alliance during the question and answer session with the leaders of the alliance on Thursday afternoon. He asked this question to Kamal Hossain. In response, Kamal Hossain directly said that the elected parliament will decide who will be the prime minister after the election. Mueller then asked him three more questions.
Jatiya Oikya Front held an exchange of views with the diplomats of nearly 25 countries posted in Dhaka at Banani Hotel Lakeshore in the capital on Thursday at 3 pm. The coalition has BNP, National Unity Process, JSD and Nagorika Oikya as partners. One of the main leaders of the alliance. Kamal Hussain read the seven-point and 11-point objectives of the front to the diplomats. Then he talked about current democracy, government, elections.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir gave an introductory speech at the beginning of the program.
According to the source of the meeting, Dr. After Kamal Hossain gave his speech, the representatives of some countries started asking questions. Dr. Kamal answered all questions. It was asked by the United States, who will be the Prime Minister of Oikya Front if he wins the election? Dr. in the answer. Kamal said, 'It is a matter of Parliament. The elected parliament will decide who will be the prime minister.
Then William Muller asked again, who will be the leader (leader) against Sheikh Hasina, who is currently the head of the ruling party? Especially BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is in jail. How will the leadership crisis be met? Dr. in response. Kamal Hossain said, 'There is no single leadership here. Everything is being managed through joint leadership.'
The US official wants to know once again what Oikya Front is thinking about the position of former President B Chowdhury's party regarding Jamaat. Dr. did not give any answer. Kamal Hossain. When asked why B Chowdhury is not in Oikya, the former foreign minister said that he still hopes B Chowdhury will join the National Oikya Front.
When asked about this, one of the leaders of the alliance, JSD General Secretary Abdul Malek Ratan said, 'The exchange program was very good. There were 25-30 diplomats.'
In response to a question, Abdul Malek Ratan said, 'The diplomats asked us how optimistic we are. We told them, optimistically. And the question of the representative of the United States was, who will be the leader. We didn't answer directly. I said, I will fix it gradually.'
Sources of the meeting said that during the exchange of views, the representative of Norway asked what the next decision would be if the government did not accept the demands of the alliance.
Dr. Kamal said in response, "If the government does not accept the demand, we will go to the people. We have already been given the program. Hopefully, people's wishes will be respected.'
An official of the British High Commission also asked questions on the occasion.
Diplomats of 30 countries including the United States, United Kingdom, China, European Union, Japan, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Turkey, Vietnam, Pakistan, Switzerland, Norway, Qatar, Morocco were present in the meeting. About 130 people participated in the exchange program in terms of numbers.
After the meeting with the diplomats, the president of the National Socialist Party, ASM Abdur Rab told the reporters, 'Today we have closed-door exchange of views with ambassadors-high commissioners-diplomats of different countries of the world only in Bangladesh. Our top leader Jatiya Oikya Front Dr. Kamal Hossain explained about the 7-point demands and 11-point goals. He also answered their questions.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told reporters, 'We have exchanged views with diplomats. Nothing more can be said.'
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Dr. Khandkar Mosharraf Hossain, Barrister Maudud Ahmad, Zamiruddin Sarkar, Rafiqul Islam Miah, Mirza Abbas, JSD's CM Abdul Rob, Tanya Rob, Abdul Malek Ratan, Mustafa Mohsin Montu of Ganoforum, Subrat Chowdhury, Mahmudur Rahman Manna of Nagrik Oikya, SS Akbar, Shahidullah Kaiser, Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury and Barrister Mainul Hossain participated.
BNP's Abdullah Al Noman, Hafizuddin Ahmed, Chowdhury Kamal Ibn Yusuf, Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, Selima Rahman, Abdul Mannan, Shahjahan Omar, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, Zainal Abedin, Sabihuddin Ahmed, Mir Nasir, Shahida Rafique, Shama Obaid, Tabith Awal, Mir Helal were present in the exchange event.
