Bangladesh, March 16 -- The leader of the opposition and Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Shafiqur Rahman, has warned that opposition parties may take to the streets if the ongoing dispute over the formation of a Constitutional Reform Council is not resolved within parliament.

Speaking to reporters on Sunday afternoon after the second day of the first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, Rahman said the opposition preferred a parliamentary solution but would not hesitate to mobilise public protests if the matter remained unresolved.

He noted that although the parliamentary session had been convened following the formation of the government, the session of the proposed Constitutional Reform Council had yet to be called.

During the fi...