Dhaka, May 22 -- Nasiruddin Patwary, chief coordinator of the National Citizen Party (NCP), on Wednesday, demanded that BNP-affiliated advisers be removed from the interim government's advisory council.

Speaking as the chief guest at a protest rally in front of the Nirbachan Bhaban in Agargaon, he warned that the law, finance, and planning advisers would be forced to resign for acting as spokespersons for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

The demonstration, organized by the Dhaka Metropolitan unit of the NCP to press for the reconstitution of the Election Commission and the holding of local government elections, began at 11:30am and continued until 2pm.

Leaders and activists of the NCP and its affiliated organizations joined the ...