FILE PHOTO: Police arrest Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (2nd L) at the BNP party office after a clash in Dhaka March 11, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's main opposition political group, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), "strongly" wants to take part in national elections due in three months, the party's secretary general told Reuters on Saturday.
The BNP will hold a public meeting in the capital Dhaka on Sunday and present demands that include the release of its jailed leader Khaleda Zia, installing a neutral caretaker government, and involving the army to oversee the December elections, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said.
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