Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- The Ganatantrik Jukto Front has urged the newly elected members of parliament not to take their oaths as members of the Constitution Reform Council.

In a statement issued on Monday, the platform leaders called for a reconsideration of the "constitutional and legal validity" of such an oath.

"We are feeling concerned. We have been protesting from the very beginning against legitimising such oaths and the setting of deadlines based on a referendum held on an unconstitutional order," the leaders said in the statement.

"Many constitutional experts are of the opinion that such an additional oath will not be valid until the president's order is accepted in the upcoming parliament.

"We urge all elected members of parliament...