, Dec. 28 -- Senior Joint Convener of National Citizen Party (NCP) Samantha Sharmin on Sunday warned that the party would have to pay a 'heavy price' if it enters into any alliance or understanding with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, describing the Islamist party as an 'unreliable ally'.

In a Facebook post, Sharmin clarified her stance at a time when speculations over a possible NCP-Jamaat alliance have intensified, triggering visible tensions among the party's central leaders and activists.

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"Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is not a reliable ally. Any cooperation or understanding with it-given its political position and ideology-would force the NCP to pay a heavy price," she writes.

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