The decision came at a meeting of the combined parties following an Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) meet yesterday.

The ALCWC meeting held at the party's Dhanmondi office was presided over by Leader of the Opposition and AL President Sheikh Hasina. Resolutions adopted at the nine-hour long discussion will be issued today, AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil told journalists after the meeting that started at 10:00am and continued till 9:30pm with a three-hour break from 1:00pm.

The 14-party aims to besiege the EC Secretariat in the city and election offices across the country on September 6. The following day will be observed as 'Day against Repression'.

Before laying siege to the PMO on September 12, the opposition parties will go on a mass public relations campaign in the districts adjacent to the capital from September 10 to 11.

A team comprising senior leaders of the 14-party will lead a countrywide mass awareness campaign from September 14 to 17. Then at a grand rally in the capital on September 18, the opposition line-up will announce the final round of agitation programmes aiming to make the government concede the demands for reforms in the caretaker government and electoral systems.

Briefing the newsmen, 14-party Coordinator Abdul Jalil warned the government against holding elections before carrying out the reforms.

Referring to the prime minister's recent speech where she said that the elections would be held under the caretaker government of Justice KM Hasan, he said the comments are devoid of political decency.

"Trampling on the popular demand for electoral reforms, the prime minister has in fact challenged us to a confrontation," Jalil said adding, "When the people are calling for reconstitution of the Election Commission, Khaleda Zia has appointed yet another election commissioner on political considerations."

He said the BNP-Jamaat government is doing everything possible to manoeuvre the next election in its favour as they fear that if the election is held in a free and fair manner, the alliance would not get the people's mandate for its 'corruption and misrule'.

The opposition will not allow any election without implementation of the electoral reforms, Jalil warned.

Chaired by AL Presidium Member Amir Hossain Amu, the 14-party meeting was attended among others by Rashed Khan Menon, Bimal Biswas, Dilip Barua, Obaidul Quader, Abdur Rahman, Syed Zafar Sazzad, Pankaj Bhattacharya, and Nurul Islam.