He suggested that parliament should have 100 more seats and they would be distributed among the political parties in proportion to the numbers of parliamentary seats they win in the elections.

He also suggested giving more power to the speaker of parliament.

The LDP will announce reform proposals by the end of this month, Badruddoza said while exchanging views on political reforms at the party office at Maghbazar in the city. About 150 leaders and workers of the party from Rajshahi attended the meeting.

Badruddoza said, "We are against dynastic politics. But if anybody from any political families have qualities to join politics, they can do so, which should not be considered dynastic politics."

He also said that leaders and workers of the political parties should decide on the tenure of party chairman and general secretary.

But if a party member becomes the prime minister, president or a minister, he/she will have to quit his/her post in the party, he added.

Speaking at the meeting, Rajshahi LDP leaders and workers suggested that the party's national committee, executive committee, and district and thana committees should be elected through secret ballots of party representatives in a council, which should be held every two years.

Situation Tense
Meanwhile, tension ran high at the central office of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) at Maghbazar in the city yesterday as supporters of Badruddoza-led LDP and Col Oli-led LDP broke the locks of the door of the office in a bid to take control of it.

On receiving information, the police stepped in to bring the situation under control. They also picked up Bulbul and Titu, two supporters of Col (retd) Oli. However, they were freed later, LDP sources said.

They said workers of Badruddoza-led LDP first broke the lock and replaced it with new one in the afternoon. Later, supporters of Col Oli-led LDP broke the new lock and replaced it with another.

Both the LDP factions claim the Maghbazar office as their office.

"Some supporters of Maj (retd) MA Mannan broke the lock and replaced it with a new one taking control of the office," Sahadat Hossein Selim, a leader of Col Oli-led LDP told The Daily Star last night.

"Later, our workers entered the office by breaking the lock," he said.

On Wednesday, GM Faruque Khan, on behalf of LDP Secretary General Maj (retd) MA Mannan, filed a general diary (GD) with Ramna Police Station so that no-one can enter the party central office during the emergency, LDP (Badruddoza) sources said.