Dhaka, May 1 -- Opposing the interim government's move to provide a humanitarian corridor for Myanmar's Rakhine State, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday said only an elected parliament can make such a sensitive decision.

"The freedom-loving people of the country believe that the decision on whether or not to grant a corridor must come from the people themselves-especifically, through their directly elected National Parliament," he said while virtually addressing a mammoth rally.

In democratic nations around the world, the BNP leader said the standard practice and established norm is to make sensitive decisions involving the country's sovereignty through parliament.

Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, the labour wing of BNP, organised...