They also warned that they would resist any election under the present system.

"We will not only boycott the next parliament election under the faulty caretaker government system but also prevent the government from holding any election under such system," AL presidium member Zillur Rahman said at a discussion.

Bangladesh Krishak League organised the discussion to mark the 'Farmer killing day'. A total of 18 farmers were killed across the country on this day in 1995 while they were agitating to press for their demand for supply of fertiliser.

Zillur said the nation is now united on the question of reforming the caretaker government system.

"The AL leaders and workers along with the mass people established the caretaker government system for a free and fair election, but the present four-party alliance government has destroyed the system in a bid to capture the power again," he observed.

The AL leader also said the government has raised the prices of diesel and kerosene several times, causing much suffering to the poor farmers.

"The farmers will have to pay an extra amount of Tk 551 crore in the current season alone due to increasing prices of fuel oil," said AL Organising Secretary Abdul Mannan.

Although the agriculture forms the base of the country's economy, the government never stands beside the poor farmers, he added.

AL leader Rahmat Ali MP, Krishak League General Secretary Motahar Hossain Molla, Vice-President Harunur Rashid Howlader, MA Wadud and Chhabi Biswas also spoke at the discussion, chaired by Krishak League President Dr Mirza Jalil.