DHAKA, April 26, 2025 (BSS) - The National Consensus Commission, led by its vice-chairman Prof Ali Riaz, today held a discussion with Jamaat-e-Islam at Jatiya Sangsad LD Hall in the capital.
A 10-member Jamaat delegation led by its Naib-e-Ameer Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher and Secretary General Miah Golam Parwar joined the talks.
Commission members Justice Md. Emdadul Hoque, Dr. Iftekharuzzaman, Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar and Safar Raj Hossain and Chief Adviser's special assistant Monir Haidar were present.
Ali Riaz said the initiative of state reforms by the interim government is actually the result of the people's longstanding aspirations as political parties, student community and people from all walks of life demanded it.
Regarding the issue of preparing a national charter through discussions with political parties, Ali Riaz underscored the need for preparing a national charter within the shortest possible time.
"We should build a Bangladesh where people will not be deprived of their rights and victims of extrajudicial killings and oppression," he said.
The recommendations of the reform commission have been sent to 39 political parties in the form of spreadsheets seeking their respective specific opinions.
The National Consensus Commission has already received opinions from 35 parties. So far, 17 political parties, including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, have participated in the discussions with the commission.