, April 30 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday claimed his party made significant compromises to prevent any delay to the national election under the pretext of reforms.

"We refrained from saying many things in the interest of elections. There was a concern that elections might be stalled in the name of reforms, so we compromised on many issues and even signed the July National Charter," he said taking part in the discussion on the thanksgiving motion on President's speech in Parliament.

He added that political stakeholders reached an understanding through dialogue and unity, emphasising that the July Charter was a product of consensus.

Referring to the July Implementation Order, the minister criticised what he described as a...