Dhaka, March 6 -- Bangladesh's Jatiya Party, which was an ally of the ousted premier Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, has called for free, fair and inclusive elections to be held on a level playing field with party leader Masroor Mawla emphasising that until polls are declared the country will not attract any investments.

"Unless the election is declared, no new investment will come in Bangladesh," Masroor Mawla, a presidium member of Jatiya Party, said in an interview with ANI.

The Jatiya Party, founded by late President Hussain Muhammad Ershad, was part of the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance, and participated in three previous general elections.

"What we have seen is that for the last six or seven months, this interim governm...