Dhaka, April 19 -- Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has alleged that a conspiracy is afoot to undermine his party's activities and political standing.

Speaking on Saturday during the first day of the party's extended meeting held at his office in Banani, Quader said: "There is a deliberate plot to prevent us from organising our party council. Whenever we try to rent a hall, we're refused. No one is willing to give us one."

"This is a strategy to drive us out of politics, to take away the party symbol of the plough. We must stand up against this. We need to stay active in the field -- this is a battlefield, and we must not abandon it. We will remain in the field."

The Jatiya Party is holding its extended meeting over Saturday and Sunday ...