Dhaka, June 29 -- NCP Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain on Sunday blamed BNP and its like-minded parties for stalling the progress on fundamental state reforms during dialogues with the National Consensus Commission.

"Overall, it seems that the fundamental reforms remain stalled due to BNP and a few like-minded parties," he told reporters in the afternoon after the seventh day of the second phase of talks between the commission and political parties at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital.

The NCP leader said discussion turned to a bargaining place over the reform. The current situation suggests that if BNP makes a compromise, it is seen as compromising party interests.

"But if we make a compromise for reforms, it's perceived as gi...