“Bangladesh’s Constitution was drawn up following the outline provided by the Mujibnagar government. The Constitution has remained the same despite amendments,” he said.
“That is why the Awami League observes this day,” Ashraf said while speaking about its importance.
Bangladesh’s first government in exile was formed on Apr 10, 1971 in Kushtia but the oath-taking was held at a mango grove of Badyanath Tala on Apr 17.
Later it was renamed 'Mujibnagar' and the provisional government in exile operating out of there came to be known as the 'Mujibnagar Government'.
Ashraf said the Prime Minister had already clarified her government’s position on the nature of an election-time government.
Recently, various organisations like the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) have come up with proposals on the arrangements for conducting the parliament polls and called for negotiations between the government and the opposition to end the political impasse.
Last Saturday, Hasina had turned down the TIB proposal and said the democratic process will be hampered if complexities are created with new ‘formulas’.
Ashraf echoed the Prime Minister and said there was no point in making the situation more complex.
He hoped the opposition would join parliamentary sessions and create an environment for negotiations.
BNP-led 18-Party alliance has been on the streets asking for restoration of the interim caretaker government to conduct the parliament polls, arguing that polls under the current government will not be 'free and fair'.
The Opposition has enforced strikes for 30 days so far this year to back its demand but the government is determined to conduct the polls through the Election Commission.
The caretaker system was abrogated by the 15th Constitutional amendment after the Awami League led alliance came to power.
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