Dhaka, April 27 -- JSD on Sunday feared that the past fascism is likely to return, if the next election is held without necessary reforms to the existing system.

"If we move towards a new regime (through an election) on the existing system without restructuring it, there will be a possibility of the old order (fascism) returning," JSD general secretary Shahid Uddin Mahmud Swapan said during a dialogue with the National Consensus Commission here.

An eight-member JSD delegation, led by Swapan, took part in the talks held at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad complex in the afternoon.

National Consensus Commission Vice Chairman Prof Ali Riaz presided over the session.

Swapan said it is not possible to build a new Bangladesh on the foundat...