Bangladesh, Oct. 4 -- Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar has called for consistency and political understanding among major parties, recalling periods of cooperation
between the BNP and Jamaat while responding to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's recent description of Jamaat and Shibir as "covert" groups.
Speaking at a rally at the North Gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Saturday, Porwar referred to the BNP's efforts to secure Jamaat's support to form the government in 1991.
"Didn't you remember then that they were 'clandestine'?" he asked, questioning the BNP's present characterisation of Jamaat.
Porwar said the two parties had also worked together in street movements under the four-party, 18-party and 20-party al...