Amid the growing demand for the resignation of the president, BNP senior leaders met Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus and called for strengthening national unity to foil any attempts to create a constitutional and political crisis.

Speaking to reporters in front of the Chief Adviser's residence after the meeting, BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan also said they will tackle any plots by the cohorts of the deposed fascist regime unitedly, together with all pro-democratic political parties and organisations.

“We’re observing that the associates of the ousted fascist regime are making various efforts and resorting to different tactics to create a constitutional and political crisis in the country. We think national unity needs to be more consolidated to restore democracy and the change we achieved through the long struggles at the cost of many lives,” he added.

Earlier, Nazrul, along with BNP Standing Committee members Amir Khosru Mahmud and Salahuddin Ahmed, met the Chief Adviser to discuss the latest political situation.

The BNP leader said they discussed establishing a government of the people through a national election after completing the ongoing process of reforms.

He said they also talked about the public suffering caused by the hikes in essential items. “We urged the government to play a more effective role in addressing the issue.”

Nazrul said a unity of all political parties, professional bodies, and all the organisations of students and youths needs to be forged. “We also all need to be alert so that no one can create any new political or constitutional crisis in the country.”

He said the government should intensify the reform process and complete it promptly based on consensus.

The BNP leader said the government also needs to resolve the persisting problems people are facing and ultimately restore democracy, which is the main desire of the recent mass movement.

“We also discussed that if the associates of the deposed autocrats make any evil efforts to create a constitutional and political crisis, all the pro-democratic political parties and different organisations that have been in the movement will face this crisis in unison,” he said.

Asked whether the Chief Adviser sought any opinion from them about the removal of the President, Nazrul parried the question.

Later, briefing reporters, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said the head of the interim government had the meeting with the BNP leaders as part of the ongoing dialogue with political parties.