Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday said his party will welcome any move by the opposition to form a 'shadow cabinet', as the practice exists in many developed democracies.

"In many developed democracies, the opposition forms a shadow parliament. If they take such a step, we will welcome it," he said while talking to reporters in front of the BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office.

Salahuddin Ahmed also presented a constitutional explanation regarding the oath of members of the Constitutional Reform Council.

"If the Constitutional Reform Council is incorporated into the Constitution through an amendment, and if a specific oath format is included in the Third Schedule of the Constitution with a designate...