The BNP-Jamaat alliance government has designed a blueprint to rig parliamentary elections, they said at a discussion marking the 33rd founding anniversary of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Inu) at its central office in the city.

Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil said the 14-party opposition alliance has been formed to restore the spirit of the liberation war by toppling the 'anti-liberation' alliance government.

The electoral reforms must be carried out before any general election, he asserted.

The AL leader alleged that the BNP has destroyed the spirit of liberation war by joining hands with the anti-liberation elements.

Jalil said the opposition alliance is working to formulate a common national programme for a qualitative change in state functioning. Suggestions from different sections of the society, including the professional groups, will be incorporated into the programme, he added.

The programme will be announced from a grand rally at Paltan Maidan on November 22, Jalil said.

Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon said price hike of essentials, electricity and gas crises and extra-judicial killings by law enforcement agencies have made the country unliveable.

JSD President Hasanul Haq Inu said the coalition government has politicised all the appointments, particularly in the election commission and police administration, as part of its conspiracy to manipulate the results of the next general election.

He also urged all to be united to resist the communal and anti-liberation forces.

JSD General Secretary Syed Jafar Sazzad, Gano Forum General Secretary Saifuddin Ahmed Manik, Samyabadi Dal General Secretary Dilip Barua, Jatiya Party (Manju) General Secretary Sheikh Shahidul Islam, Gonotantri Party President Nurul Islam and JSD leaders Moyeenuddin Khan Badal, Sharif Nurul Ambia and Shirin Akthar also spoke.