The dialogue on 'Election manifesto and MDGs: Commitment and its implementation by the politicians and parliamentarians' was held at LGED auditorium.

All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on MDGs, PRSP, WTO and Bangladesh Development Forum organised the dialogue in cooperation with People's Empowerment Trust (PET) and United Nations Millennium Campaign.

Referring to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's recent remarks that the next elections will be held according to the constitution, Suranjit said reforms in the two key institutions are a must to hold free and fair elections.

He said as per the constitution, the EC must be an independent body which is not applicable to the existing one, while the would-be chief of the next caretaker government is a person who was actively involved with BNP politics.

In response, Amir Khasru said, " The AL thinks that nothing but its demands are right. Similarly, we also can think that what we are saying is also right."

It is not fair if anyone rigidly thinks that there will be no elections without the reforms, he said.

"We should view things more objectively without doing too much politics for the sake of the country," he added.