Dhaka, March 21 -- The way state reforms and elections are being pitted against each other is politically motivated, BNP's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said.

Speaking virtually from London during an Iftar organised by his party at the Dhaka Ladies Club in Eskaton on Friday, he criticised those who suggest completing reforms before holding the general election.

Tarique said, "What ends is not reform. Reform is never completed; it is an ongoing process."

Among the interim government's reform initiatives, the most discussed is constitutional reform.

The National Citizen Party (NCP), formed by the students who led the uprising to oust the Awami League, says it aims to draft a new Constitution through the Constituent Assembly electio...