"We've given some space to the BNP-led coalition government for holding dialogue...and we are waiting for government initiative in this respect," he said while talking to some reporters at his Mercantile Bank in the city yesterday.

Jalil, also the coordinator of the 14-party opposition combine, said Justice KM Hasan has not yet declared his dissociation with the BNP, rather he proved himself to be a "BNP man" through visiting Comilla along with the activists of this party.

In reply to a question, he said, "We will propose the names for the caretaker chief and the chief election commissioner that will be acceptable to all, including the ruling BNP."

Asked about speculations on the possibility of appointing former cabinet secretaries Akbar Ali Khan and Sa'dat Hossain as the caretaker chief and the chief election commissioner, Jalil said the Awami League-led 14-party combine will not accept them.

About Law Minister Moudud Ahmed's remark that the government will not change its stance on the question of KM Hasan and CEC MA Aziz, he said Moudud's remark has "no value".

Asked about their movement for electoral reforms, Jalil said the 14-party lineup will go for tougher agitation, including series of hartals, siege and non-cooperation, if the government doesn't solve the existing political problems through dialogue.

"We will carry out agitation by all democratic means, and even it will be in the month of Ramadan...but we won't go for confrontation with the government," he said.