BNP held the meeting with their previous allies at a time when Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman paid a courtesy visit to Islami Andolan Bangladesh Ameer Syed Mohammad Rezaul Karim in Barishal on the previous day, Tuesday. They had lunch together there.
Despite some ideological differences between the two Islamist parties, the Jamaat Ameer paid the visit, finding out a scope amid a party meeting in Barishal.
The two parties, however, have been flexible regarding each other since 5 August. In this context, a top Jamaat leader visited the home of the top leader of Islami Andolan Bangladesh.
This development in relations between the two parties is being considered significant for the next elections and future politics in the country.
Speaking about this, Islami Andolan Bangladesh senior joint secretary general Gazi Ataur Rahman told Prothom Alo Wednesday, “We the Islamist parties have been trying to come closer. This was a part of that initiative. This was, though, a courtesy meeting. Jamaat ameer had programmes in Barishal. Despite that the ameers of the two parties held a meeting and addressed a press briefing together. This has a significance. We consider this an auspicious beginning.”
However, Jamaat-e-Islami nayeb-e-ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher stated that this meeting with Charmonai Pir was “nothing final”.