Dhaka, April 22 -- BNP does not want to see any controversial person to be appointed as Chief Justice in the future as the party has given its opinion on making it mandatory to appoint one of the three most senior judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice.

Party's Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said this while talking to reporters during a break in the third day of talks with the National Consensus Commission today at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban here.

During the talks, the Judicial Reforms Commission has recommended appointing a senior Supreme Court judge as Chief Justice. BNP disagreed on the matter.

However, BNP agreed on the two-thirds vote of both houses of parliament in the...