Hasina invited Khaleda to dinner on Monday evening and requested her
to consider opening talks to end the country’s current political
impasse, bdnews24.com’s Sumon Mahbub reported.
“Please withdraw
the 60-hour strike as I am sincere about a dialogue to ensure an
inclusive election,” Hasina was quoted as telling Khaleda.
“Come
to my residence with as many of your leaders as you want. Let us talk
frankly,” the Prime Minister is reported to have said.
After
several failed attempts to get on phone, the two leading ladies of
Bangladesh politics managed to speak for exactly 37 minutes.
PMO
Correspondent Sumon Mahbub says when the Prime Minister invited the
Leader of the Opposition for talks, the BNP leader argued that it would
be difficult for her to travel during the general strike, which her
party and alliance had called. “Why not withdraw the strike?,” Mahbub
quoted the PM as telling Khaleda Zia.
While on the line both were
assisted by their top aides, according to BNP Correspondent Sumon
Mahmud and PMO Correspondent Mahbub.
Mahmud says acting BNP
Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and her former Private
Secretary Sabihuddin Ahmed were with Khaleda when she spoke with Hasina.
An
ADC to the Prime Minister called Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, Khaleda
Zia's special assistant, and then the phones were handed to the two
leaders, Sumon Mahbub said.
Awami League General Secretary Syed
Ashraful Islam, Advisory Council members Tofail Ahmed and Amir Hossain
Amu, Presidium member Kazi Zafarullah, Prime Minister's Advisors HT Imam
and Moshiur Rahman, Joint General Secretary Dipu Moni were at the Prime
Minister’s side during the phone call.
With Khaleda were acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and her Press Secretary Maruf Kamal Khan.
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