Dhaka, May 3 -- Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BaSaD) has condemned the demand to scrap the Women's Affairs Reform Commission as "contrary to the spirit of the July Uprising".

Speaking at a dialogue with the National Consensus Commission on Saturday at the LD Hall of the National Parliament, the party's (Marxist) Chief Coordinator Masud Rana said: "We do not want to reject any commission's proposals outright. We, however, observe a trend of calls for abolition.

"In our view, the demand to abolish the Women's Affairs Reform Commission contradicts the very spirit of the July Uprising," he added.

The party stressed the need for an open discussion on the commission's recommendations. "We will engage in a dialogue on what is right or wrong"...