Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Jamaat-e-Islami and its alliance partner the National Citizen Party (NCP) have threatened to boycott the swearing-in ceremony for lawmakers after the BNP declined to take oath as members of the Constitution Reform Council.

Although BNP lawmakers were sworn in as members of the 13th National Parliament, the party refused the separate oath tied to the July Charter reforms, triggering immediate friction within the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance.

In response, Jamaat leaders said they were reviewing their position, reports bdnews24.com.

"We will now decide whether we will take the oath at all," Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar said.

The party's deputy chief Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher said: "There are complication...