Bangladesh, Feb. 15 -- National Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Ali Riaz has said that there is "no scope for any hesitation in the efforts of consensus" among political parties to move towards the 13th parliamentary election through reforms.

At a media briefing after the first meeting of the Consensus Commission with political parties on Saturday, he said the commission aims to accelerate the process and hopes to achieve it soon.

He said the political parties had requested to provide them with hard copies of the reports submitted by the reform commissions to continue the process.

The Consensus Commission will promptly arrange this, he added.

Terming the meeting as a "beginning step", he said: "All that we have done today is just a...