Dhaka, March 1 -- BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has raised questions about the National Citizen Party's, or NCP's, promises of establishing a "second republic" and "Constituent Assembly election".

"Has our current republic fallen ill? When is a second republic established?" he asked during a conference on Saturday afternoon.

"Why should there be a Constituent Assembly election? There could be motives behind this," he added.

The NCP, which was founded by the Anti-discrimination Student Movement and the National Citizens' Committee-two groups that played a central role in the July Uprising-will be led by Nahid Islam, who resigned from his post as an interim government advisor to formally step into politics.

Nahid presen...