Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has insisted that the national election and the referendum must take place on the same day.

He stressed that no referendum should be held beforehand.

On Thursday at a memorial meeting in Jashore, Fakhrul said the party is in "agreement" on this. "No referendum will be allowed before the parliamentary election."

Addressing the interim government, he added: "Stop the delays and arrange to announce the election schedule. Implement the decisions that have already been made. Those that have not been implemented will happen in parliament. Otherwise, you will turn into a failed government."

Accusing some political parties of conspiring to derail the elections, Fakhrul said: "Some...