, July 28 -- BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday warned that curtailing the control of the executive branch would disrupt the balance of power in governance.

He, however, said his party is participating in the ongoing consensus dialogue to make sure that autocracy never returns to Bangladesh but there should not be any effort to curtail the executive branch's power.

Salahuddin made the remarks at the second phase of talks between political parties and the National Consensus Commission at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital.

Expressing concerns over discussions around reducing the power of the executive branch he said, "The executive must remain accountable to both the Parliament and people. But accountabilit...