Foreign power behind blasts, says Ershad

"This is not possible without the help of foreign help", he said a meeting of party leaders and workers in Jessore town yesterday. Representatives of JP and its front organisations from Jessore, Jhenidah, Magura and Narail attended the meeting, held at Jessore District Council auditorium.

The bomb attacks were made by those who want to make Bangladesh a 'failed satate', he added.

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The former president said, conspiracy is on to re-establish one party BKSAL rule in Bangldesh, erase Bismillah from the Constitution and snatch freedom of the press.

He said Jatiya Party will participate in the next parliamentary polls even if Awami League boycotts it.

Presided over by the Jessore district JP General Secretary Mahbub Alam Bachchu, the meeting was addressed by, among others, Razia Faiz, Hasan Ahmed Suza, Abdul Latif, Abdur Rahim, Sharif Monir Hossain and Mostafa Faruq Ahmed.