Dhaka, June 17 -- Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal President Abdul Monayem Munna on Wednesday called on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to abandon what he termed "cheap politics" and return to "healthy political practices."

He made the call while addressing a protest rally held in front of the BNP's central office at Nayapaltan in the capital in the afternoon, organised against what the party described as misinformation and indecent political practices.

The programme was organised by Dhaka South city Jubo Dal. After the rally, a protest march was brought out from Nayapaltan.

Munna alleged that a speech by a BNP lawmaker was being misrepresented and circulated as an anti-hijab statement.

He claimed that the MP did not mention hijab in his remarks, but...