Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh yesterday said the government's notion to hold upazila elections within less than a week of national polls was “unrealistic”.
The party, a key partner in the BNP-led four-party coalition, welcomed holding national polls on December 18 but was unhappy with the announcement of polls in upazilas on December 24 and 28.
“It's illogical,” Jamaat's acting secretary general Mohammad Qamaruzzaman told reporters in a formal reaction to the Chief Advisers' latest address to the nation.
“After (national) polls there are some constitutional bindings including reelection to the disputed constituencies,” he said, adding that they have no problem if upazila elections come within one or one and a half months after completion of whole process tied to the national polls.
He demanded the EC reconsider the decision and fix new dates for upazila polls.
His briefing came after Jamaat's central executive leaders held a two-hour meeting at about 10:30am to discuss the CA's address with acting Jamaat Amir Abul Kalam Mohammad Yusuf in the chair.
Jamaat central leaders Mokbul Ahmed, Maulana Mohammad Abdus Sobhan, Prof Mojibur Rahman and Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan were present at the briefing.