Dhaka, May 18 -- e-Islami on Sunday proposed that no person should simultaneously hold the posts of prime minister and party chief for the sake of the decentralisation of power.

"We have proposed that a person cannot be both the prime minister and the head of a political party at the same time," said Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher during the lunch break of his party's 2nd day dialogue with the National Consensus Commission.

An 11-member Jamaat delegation, led by Taher, took part in the dialogue presided over by Consensus Commission Vice Chairman Prof Ali Riaz at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

Taher said the proposal was aimed at decentralising power and ensuring the balance of power. "There will b...