Party Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan is likely to announce the reform proposal for discussion within June 20, party sources said.

However, it is yet to be decided whether the reform proposal will be shown to Khaleda Zia for her opinion before its formal announcement.

Many leaders of the party, including a few former lawmakers from Bogra, home district of Tarique Rahman, son of Khaleda Zia, yesterday met Bhuiyan and expressed their support for the reform initiative.

Meanwhile, the BNP secretary general yesterday met party Standing Committee member M Saifur Rahman for discussion on the issue and the latter supported Bhuiyan's stand on the reform.

"We want reforms to keep the party in progress and discussion is going on," former whip in parliament Rezaul Bari Dina, who met Bhuiyan, told The Daily Star.

"We have discussed and finalised the reform proposal. I hope the secretary general will make an announcement on reform proposal within June 20," former BNP lawmaker Abdul Alim told the reporters after his meeting with Bhuiyan.

"It seems an announcement on reforms will come soon. We cannot go backward and so the party constitution should be changed to reduce the absolute power of the party chairperson. I do not even want to see the same person in more than one post in the party," Maj Gen (retd) ZA Khan, an adviser to the BNP Chairperson, said.

The proposal to make the party constitution 'more democratic' and ensure 'democratic process' in running the party has already been finalised and the leaders, who are with Mannan Bhuiyan over the reform issue, will urge the party chairperson to accept the proposals including expulsion of all the corrupt people from the party, party sources said.

"She [Khaleda Zia] must accept the proposals as the party leaders and workers want democracy and transparency in the party," a senior leader said.