Dhaka, Nov. 24 -- Stating that journalists themselves end up in the pockets of politicians due to divisions among them, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said his party is committed to ensuring a free and independent press if it is voted to power through the next national election.

"Our commitment is very clear, as in our 31-point outline we clearly stated that we want to see and build an independent and free mass media. That is why at that time we committed to forming a commission for this purpose," he said while speaking at a views exchange meeting.

The BNP leader said the interim government formed a media reform commission, but unfortunately the report prepared by the commission has not been discussed anywhe...