Dhaka, May 6 -- Andaleeve Rahman Partha, chairman of Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP), one of the key partners of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, on Monday quit the coalition for various reason, including swearing in by seven MPs-elect of Jatiya Oikyafront.

"We've left the 20-party alliance for a few reasons. BNP has now become too much Oikyafront oriented, while the 20-party has now become a platform only to express solidarity with BNP's decisions," Partha told UNB over phone.

He said BNP together with 20-party turned down the December-30 'farcical' election. "Like the country's people, our party got stunned as Oikyafront's seven MPs-elect took oath. BNP didn't consult the 20-party partners about its decision to join parliament."

Partha s...