Bangladesh, June 17 -- Opposition Leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Tuesday said his party will not send any representative to a proposed special parliamentary committee formed to amend the constitution, drawing a sharp distinction between amendment and reform and signalling his party's intent to hold the government to the mandate of last year's referendum.
"There is no need for a committee for constitutional amendment.
That is routine work - the government will bring a bill, it will be debated, passed or rejected.
No committee is needed for that," he told journalists at an exchange meeting at the LD Hall of the National Parliament.
"A committee is needed for constitutional reform. If the ruling party makes any such pr...