Khilafat Majlis has withdrawn from the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance, saying the coalition had effectively fulfilled its purpose after the national election.
The decision was taken at the party's central council meeting on Saturday, according to a press release issued by Central Publicity Secretary Engineer Abdul Hafiz Khasru.
The party said it would no longer participate in alliance programmes but would consider joining a broader political platform in the future if required in the interest of the country, the nation and Islam.
Khilafat Majlis said the 11-party alliance had been formed primarily as an electoral arrangement and had lost its relevance after the polls. The move follows the party's earlier decision after the alliance's Chattogram rally on June 13 to bar the use of its name or those of its leaders in future alliance campaign materials.
The decision was endorsed at the third general session of the party's Central Majlis-e-Shura, chaired by Ameer Maulana Abdul Basit Azad and conducted by Secretary General Dr Ahmed Abdul Quader.
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