The BNP has no desire to come to power through a revolution, but wants to take responsibility for running the state via elections, the party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Saturday.
"We are a pure liberal democratic political party. We are not a revolutionary party…," he said at a discussion organised by Democracy Forum at Jatiya Press Club.
He also said there would be no compromise on the question of the 1971 Liberation War.
However, there can be discussions on reforms, he said, adding that the party had already submitted a 31-point outline on it.
Fakhrul also warned that fascist forces were forming an alliance again.
"The situation is becoming more complicated as time goes on. Those who do not believe in democracy are becoming active again. The situation has to be fixed through holding polls without delay."
The responsibility is now with the interim government, he added.
"Identify the problems through discussions with political parties without undue delay and arrange for elections quickly."
Fakhrul again urged all to ensure the country isn't left in the hands of fascists.
"We can all agree to take the people's aspirations for a democratic system. There may be differences in some instances, but we will sit together and resolve them again."
NCP Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain said there was a crack in the unity forged by different parties during the uprising.
"We still believe that if everyone can make decisions together, it will be possible to fulfill the expectations of the mass uprising, and it will be possible to build a policy-based, egalitarian country," he said.
Akhtar, however, pointed out that there was a lack of discussion on many crucial issues, including how police and bureaucrats would function.
"Even the judiciary has not been reformed yet. If there is to be no one-sided election, then the local government must first be restructured and made impartial," he said, emphasising the need for local elections before national polls.
Saiful Haque, general secretary of the Biplobi Workers Party, said they wanted to sign the July Charter by July.
He expressed hope that the head of the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, who has ordered to complete the preparations for the elections by December, will announce the date of the polls with a clear message within twenty days.
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