Dhaka, Nov. 15 -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami naib-e-ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher has alleged that three advisers of the interim government are acting on behalf of a political party and attempting to influence the chief adviser with "incorrect information" to weaken the prospects of a free and fair national election.

Speaking at a joint press conference of the eight-party Islamist alliance on Friday morning at the Al-Falah Auditorium near Jamaat's central office in Moghbazar, Dhaka, Taher claimed that these advisers were "manipulating" the chief adviser with the intention of steering the government into a situation where transparent elections become unattainable.

"Let me state very clearly: three advisers are misleading the chief a...