Dhaka, Oct. 30 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the recommendations made by the National Consensus Commission on the implementation of the July Charter were 'one-sided' and imposed on the nation.

"The proposal to hold a referendum before the next national election is illogical and unwise," he said while speaking at a press conference at the BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office.

Fakhrul said, "We agreed to the referendum only to give legal basis to the implementation of the July National Charter. But we cannot agree with the other recommendations of the National Consensus Commission, as they ignored the issues where differences or notes of dissent existed and included matters that were never discussed dur...