Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed says the nation will not accept a "strategy of taking too much time" for the interim government's reforms.

He said at a discussion on Wednesday, "Identify all the reforms that need to be implemented in the short term to pave the way for the election, discuss them with all quarters and political parties, and make legal reforms. If institutional reforms are needed after legal reforms, do that. we know how long it will take."

Even though the BNP has called for elections as soon as possible, advisors to the interim government and leaders of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement that led the July uprising have emphasised completing state reforms first.

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