Dhaka, May 28 -- Top leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday said state reforms will be undertaken only after the national election, dismissing any rationale for linking these matters to the electoral process.

"There will be no compromise on elections. No justification exists for delaying the election roadmap in the name of reform or justice. It was BNP, under Begum Khaleda Zia, that first placed reform proposals before the nation," BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said while speaking at a youth-focused party rally in Nayapaltan.

Khosru highlighted the party's earlier push for reform, saying, "BNP introduced a 27-point reform agenda two years ago. The people of Bangladesh will decide on ref...