The CEC, however, dodged the question if he would resign if BNP and AL reach a consensus in the dialogue over the opposition combine's demand of reconstitution of Election Commission (EC) by removing Aziz and other election commissioners.

Even up until the last month, Aziz boasted that the next parliamentary election would be held under the present EC. When reporters asked him yesterday if his stand on his previous declaration is changed, he did not comment and left his office for the day.

Meanwhile, the EC has planned to hold dialogues with political parties in November over holding the next parliamentary election, sources at the EC Secretariat said.

MA Aziz led EC arranged dialogues with political parties last year over the preparation of voter list, but the opposition combine boycotted it as they rejected appointment of Aziz as the CEC.