Two drafts have been written on the prime minister's letter-- one by Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain and another by Workers' Party President Rashed Khan Menon, opposition sources said, adding that today's meeting will discuss both the drafts.

"We will reply to the prime minister's letter jointly and we will mention why her dialogue will not be meaningful," Rashed Khan Menon told The Daily Star yesterday.

Reiterating the opposition's stance of boycotting the premier's call, the senior opposition leader said, "It is not sensible to sit in dialogue for tackling militancy with the people who have been patronising it."

The 14-party letter will set some pre-conditions for the dialogue and ask the prime minister to prove her sincerity to root out militancy by axing the Jamaat from the government and taking action against other BNP leaders and lawmakers involved in militancy, an opposition source said.

Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday separately met Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain and top leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) at her residence.

In the meetings the opposition leaders talked about gearing up the ongoing movement against the BNP-Jamaat-led coalition.

Dr Kamal Hossain and Sheikh Hasina, also president of the main opposition Awami League, discussed the prime minister's letter for dialogue and opposition's strategy.

CPB President Manjurul Ahsan Khan and its General Secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim in their meeting with Hasina discussed strengthening the ongoing movement to "dislodge the ruling coalition and eliminate the Jamaat-e-Islami".

"The country is passing a critical juncture when militants with government protection are killing innocent people and for this we the opposition think it's a time to wage united movement to force the government quit," Mujahidul Islam Selim said after the meeting.