Dhaka, May 23 -- Stating that the delay in holding the next parliamentary elections is fuelling instability in the country, BNP leader Zainul Abedin Farroque on Friday said his party would be aggrieved if interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus were to depart in disgrace.

"There appears to be a wave of unrest sweeping the country. Who are the main culprits behind this instability? Who is attempting to delay the election? We wish to know these things from a great person like you (Dr Yunus)," he told a protest rally.

Farroque, a member of the BNP chairperson's advisory council, said had the government provided a clear election roadmap, those who had taken to the streets during Sheikh Hasina's tenure and faced countless cases and...