Dhaka, April 17 -- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has said his party holds no quarrel with its former ally, the BNP, despite differences in political opinion that have emerged over time.

On Thursday, he pointed to the rivalry between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party of the United States to stress that the conflict between BNP and Jamaat amounted to nothing.

"But after the election, they shook hands. One party took charge of the government and the other became the opposition. Now they'll run the country together and that's natural," he said.

Attending a press briefing at the Westin Hotel on Thursday, Shafiqur shared words of the visit to several European Union nations.

Shafiqur had also met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Z...